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Roger Federer #2 def. David Nalbandian #8

7-5 6-4 5-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 30, 2004*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-5 6-4 5-7 6-3
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Roger Federer	David Nalbandian
Aces	20	5
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	60	65
First serve points won %	83	68
Second serve points won %	43	61
Break points saved %	73	58
Break points converted %	42	27
Service points won %	67	66
Return points won %	34	33
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	David Nalbandian
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jan 1, 1982
Age	22	22
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	4,375	2,060
Elo (entering)	2,129	2,021
Career W-L	1,206–267	356–185
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 1 – 5 David Nalbandian

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2004	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	4-6 6-3 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2004	R32	Todd Reid	6-3 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Jeff Morrison	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-3 6-4 6-0	W	—	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 2004	SF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2004	R16	Guillermo Canas	6-4 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2004	R32	Wayne Ferreira	6-2 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Florian Mayer	6-1 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Ricardo Mello	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data