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David Nalbandian #6 def. Roger Federer #1

6-7(4) 6-7(11) 6-2 6-1 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Nov 22, 2005*
Tournament	Masters Cup
Category	ATP Finals
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	6-7(4) 6-7(11) 6-2 6-1 7-6(3)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	4h 33m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer
Aces	2	9
Double faults	6	8
First serve %	70	59
First serve points won %	66	68
Second serve points won %	51	35
Break points saved %	70	27
Break points converted %	73	30
Service points won %	62	55
Return points won %	45	38
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer
Country	ARG	SUI
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Aug 8, 1981
Age	23	24
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,370	6,725
Elo (entering)	1,937	2,393
Career W-L	356–185	1,206–267
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 5 – 4 Roger Federer

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 21, 2005	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 2005	RR	Ivan Ljubicic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 2005	RR	Guillermo Coria	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 21, 2005	SF	Gaston Gaudio	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 2005	RR	Guillermo Coria	6-0 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 2005	RR	Ivan Ljubicic	6-3 2-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 2005	RR	David Nalbandian	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data