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David Nalbandian #4 def. Fabrice Santoro #65

7-5 6-0 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	7-5 6-0 6-0
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	1h 41m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	2	4
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	61	61
First serve points won %	74	59
Second serve points won %	72	20
Break points saved %	67	47
Break points converted %	53	33
Service points won %	73	43
Return points won %	57	27
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Fabrice Santoro
Country	ARG	FRA
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Dec 9, 1972
Age	24	33
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	65
Ranking points (entering)	2,370	580
Elo (entering)	2,025	1,854
Career W-L	356–185	456–432
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 1 – 2 Fabrice Santoro

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2006	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-3 6-0 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	2-6 6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Danai Udomchoke	6-2 6-2 1-6 6-7(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2006	SF	Marcos Baghdatis	6-3 7-5 3-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2006	R16	David Ferrer	6-4 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Gaston Gaudio	6-3 6-2 5-7 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Andrei Pavel	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Vincent Spadea	3-6 6-0 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data