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Fernando Verdasco #68 def. Nicolas Massu #36

3-6 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 30, 2005*
Tournament	Kitzbuhel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	3-6 6-3 7-5
Loser	Nicolas Massu
Duration	2h 21m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Nicolas Massu
Aces	6	4
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	76	64
First serve points won %	68	60
Second serve points won %	50	56
Break points saved %	57	43
Break points converted %	57	43
Service points won %	63	58
Return points won %	42	37
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Nicolas Massu
Country	ESP	CHI
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Oct 10, 1979
Age	21	25
Height	188	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	68	36
Ranking points (entering)	555	955
Elo (entering)	1,790	1,727
Career W-L	549–441	218–217
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$4,344,833

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 1 – 2 Nicolas Massu

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2005	QF	Victor Hanescu	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 29, 2005	R16	Jurgen Melzer	1-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 2005	R32	Olivier Rochus	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 2005	R64	Andreas Seppi	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2005	F	Gaston Gaudio	6-2 2-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Massu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2005	QF	Nicolas Lapentti	6-4 6-7(0) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 29, 2005	R16	Stefan Koubek	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 2005	R32	Daniel Koellerer	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data