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Fernando Verdasco #24 def. Xavier Malisse #55

6-1 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2013*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-1 6-3 6-2
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	1h 57m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Xavier Malisse
Aces	2	3
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	70	48
First serve points won %	67	59
Second serve points won %	64	32
Break points saved %	67	47
Break points converted %	53	33
Service points won %	66	45
Return points won %	55	34
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Xavier Malisse
Country	ESP	BEL
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Jul 19, 1980
Age	29	32
Height	188	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	24	55
Ranking points (entering)	1,445	791
Elo (entering)	1,909	1,813
Career W-L	549–441	282–265
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 1 – 1 Xavier Malisse

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2013	R128	David Goffin	6-3 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2013	R32	Kevin Anderson	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-7(4) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2013	R128	Pablo Andujar	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data