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David Nalbandian #3 def. Alberto Martin #77

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 13, 2006*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Alberto Martin
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Alberto Martin
Aces	1	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	64	49
First serve points won %	62	59
Second serve points won %	50	38
Break points saved %	43	25
Break points converted %	75	57
Service points won %	57	49
Return points won %	51	43
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Alberto Martin
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Aug 20, 1978
Age	24	27
Height	180	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	77
Ranking points (entering)	2,845	514
Elo (entering)	2,017	1,710
Career W-L	356–185	218–267
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$3,840,885

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 0 – 1 Alberto Martin

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Fernando Vicente	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	QF	Mario Ancic	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alberto Martin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Davide Sanguinetti	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data