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Marcos Baghdatis #85 def. David Nalbandian #10

6-2 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Oct 29, 2005*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Marcos Baghdatis
Score	6-2 7-6(3)
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Marcos Baghdatis	David Nalbandian
Aces	9	3
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	67	67
First serve points won %	76	64
Second serve points won %	58	35
Break points saved %	0	62
Break points converted %	38	100
Service points won %	70	54
Return points won %	46	30
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcos Baghdatis	David Nalbandian
Country	CYP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 17, 1985	Jan 1, 1982
Age	20	23
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	85	10
Ranking points (entering)	488	1,780
Elo (entering)	1,679	1,940
Career W-L	324–272	356–185
Career earnings	$8,918,917	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Marcos Baghdatis 0 – 1 David Nalbandian

Path

Marcos Baghdatis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2005	QF	Jose Acasuso	6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2005	R16	Tommy Haas	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2005	R32	Alan Mackin	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marcos Baghdatis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2005	F	Fernando Gonzalez	7-6(8) 3-6 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2005	QF	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2005	R16	Florian Mayer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2005	R32	Ivo Karlovic	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data