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Mariano Zabaleta #53 def. Martin Verkerk #86

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 3, 2003*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Mariano Zabaleta
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Martin Verkerk
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	Martin Verkerk
Aces	3	4
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	63	62
First serve points won %	93	66
Second serve points won %	59	43
Break points saved %	0	25
Break points converted %	75	100
Service points won %	80	57
Return points won %	43	20
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Zabaleta	Martin Verkerk
Country	ARG	NED
Birth date	Feb 28, 1978	Oct 31, 1978
Age	24	24
Height	183	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	53	86
Ranking points (entering)	711	468
Elo (entering)	1,644	1,630
Career W-L	199–206	56–64
Career earnings	$3,204,127	$1,564,520

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta 0 – 0 Martin Verkerk

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 2003	R32	Alexander Waske	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2003	QF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-7(3) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Martin Verkerk's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 2003	R32	Florent Serra	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data