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Fernando Verdasco #40 def. Fabio Fognini #21

6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 24, 2018*
Tournament	Rio de Janeiro
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-1 7-5
Loser	Fabio Fognini
Duration	1h 15m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Fabio Fognini
Aces	1	0
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	56	69
First serve points won %	76	54
Second serve points won %	52	39
Break points saved %	75	17
Break points converted %	83	25
Service points won %	65	49
Return points won %	51	35
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Fabio Fognini
Country	ESP	ITA
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	May 24, 1987
Age	34	30
Height	188	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	40	21
Ranking points (entering)	1,260	1,850
Elo (entering)	1,891	1,971
Career W-L	549–441	398–382
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$19,086,549

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 3 – 2 Fabio Fognini

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2018	QF	Dominic Thiem	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2018	R16	Nicolas Kicker	6-7(3) 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2018	R32	Leonardo Mayer	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2018	F	Diego Schwartzman	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fabio Fognini's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2018	QF	Aljaz Bedene	6-7(3) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2018	R16	Tennys Sandgren	4-6 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2018	R32	Thomaz Bellucci	6-7(5) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data