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Nicolas Almagro #27 def. Evgeny Korolev #113

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 19, 2008*
Tournament	Valencia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Almagro
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	Evgeny Korolev
Duration	1h

Stat	Nicolas Almagro	Evgeny Korolev
Aces	10	2
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	65	65
First serve points won %	75	58
Second serve points won %	63	50
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	71	55
Return points won %	45	29
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Almagro	Evgeny Korolev
Country	ESP	KAZ
Birth date	Aug 21, 1985	Feb 14, 1988
Age	22	20
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	113
Ranking points (entering)	1,105	379
Elo (entering)	1,841	1,736
Career W-L	385–272	72–91
Career earnings	$10,752,234	$1,510,466

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Almagro 0 – 0 Evgeny Korolev

Path

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2008	QF	Juan Monaco	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2008	R16	Eduardo Schwank	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2008	R32	Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2008	F	David Ferrer	6-4 2-6 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Evgeny Korolev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2008	QF	Robin Haase	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2008	R16	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	6-7(8) 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2008	R32	Igor Andreev	6-4 4-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data