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Xavier Malisse #58 def. David Ferrer #46

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 9, 2004*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Xavier Malisse
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	1h 19m

Stat	Xavier Malisse	David Ferrer
Aces	7	4
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	61	57
First serve points won %	77	64
Second serve points won %	68	40
Break points saved %	75	71
Break points converted %	29	25
Service points won %	73	54
Return points won %	46	27
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Xavier Malisse	David Ferrer
Country	BEL	ESP
Birth date	Jul 19, 1980	Apr 2, 1982
Age	24	22
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	58	46
Ranking points (entering)	670	774
Elo (entering)	1,768	1,727
Career W-L	282–265	700–368
Career earnings	$5,702,871	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Xavier Malisse 1 – 0 David Ferrer

Path

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2004	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2004	R16	Radek Stepanek	4-6 7-6(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2004	R32	Dominik Hrbaty	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2004	F	Robin Soderling	2-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2004	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2004	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2004	R32	Raemon Sluiter	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data