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Gaston Gaudio #29 def. Galo Blanco #126

3-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 2, 2003*
Tournament	Valencia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Gaston Gaudio
Score	3-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Galo Blanco
Duration	2h 25m

Stat	Gaston Gaudio	Galo Blanco
Aces	6	4
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	64	53
First serve points won %	66	76
Second serve points won %	48	54
Break points saved %	78	57
Break points converted %	43	22
Service points won %	60	66
Return points won %	34	40
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gaston Gaudio	Galo Blanco
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Dec 9, 1978	Oct 8, 1976
Age	24	26
Height	175	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	29	126
Ranking points (entering)	1,110	304
Elo (entering)	1,812	1,613
Career W-L	253–188	122–175
Career earnings	$6,066,156	$1,832,691

Pre-match H2H

Gaston Gaudio 1 – 0 Galo Blanco

Path

Gaston Gaudio's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2003	R32	Andre Sa	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gaston Gaudio's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2003	QF	Flavio Saretta	6-3 6-7(3) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2003	R32	Alex Calatrava	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data