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Nikolay Davydenko #36 def. Martin Verkerk #56

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 24, 2003*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Nikolay Davydenko
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Martin Verkerk
Duration	1h 33m

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Martin Verkerk
Aces	2	4
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	72	54
First serve points won %	67	68
Second serve points won %	67	34
Break points saved %	100	43
Break points converted %	57	0
Service points won %	67	53
Return points won %	47	33
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikolay Davydenko	Martin Verkerk
Country	RUS	NED
Birth date	Jun 2, 1981	Oct 31, 1978
Age	21	24
Height	178	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	36	56
Ranking points (entering)	900	733
Elo (entering)	1,782	1,715
Career W-L	467–324	56–64
Career earnings	$16,186,480	$1,564,520

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko 0 – 0 Martin Verkerk

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2003	QF	Antony Dupuis	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2003	R16	Hyung-Taik Lee	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2003	R32	Karol Beck	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2003	F	Andy Roddick	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Martin Verkerk's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2003	QF	Flavio Saretta	7-6(4) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2003	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2003	R32	Karol Kucera	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data