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Wayne Ferreira #39 def. Mardy Fish #77

2-6 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 2003*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Wayne Ferreira
Score	2-6 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-0
Loser	Mardy Fish
Duration	2h 27m

Stat	Wayne Ferreira	Mardy Fish
Aces	12	11
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	60	58
First serve points won %	73	73
Second serve points won %	51	43
Break points saved %	64	50
Break points converted %	50	36
Service points won %	65	60
Return points won %	40	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Wayne Ferreira	Mardy Fish
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	Sep 15, 1971	Dec 9, 1981
Age	31	21
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	39	77
Ranking points (entering)	930	521
Elo (entering)	1,842	1,724
Career W-L	483–314	290–211
Career earnings	$9,969,617	$7,460,641

Pre-match H2H

Wayne Ferreira 0 – 0 Mardy Fish

Path

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Michel Kratochvil	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Tommy Robredo	5-7 6-0 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2003	R16	Sargis Sargsian	6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mardy Fish's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Carlos Moya	3-6 7-6(8) 6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Joachim Johansson	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data