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Ricardo Mello #100 def. Mario Ancic #29

7-6(2) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 18, 2004*
Tournament	Delray Beach
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ricardo Mello
Score	7-6(2) 6-3
Loser	Mario Ancic
Duration	1h 54m

Stat	Ricardo Mello	Mario Ancic
Aces	4	8
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	61	64
First serve points won %	72	66
Second serve points won %	57	41
Break points saved %	71	57
Break points converted %	43	29
Service points won %	66	57
Return points won %	43	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ricardo Mello	Mario Ancic
Country	BRA	CRO
Birth date	Dec 21, 1980	Mar 30, 1984
Age	23	20
Height	175	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	100	29
Ranking points (entering)	425	1,070
Elo (entering)	1,716	1,832
Career W-L	52–87	193–124
Career earnings	$1,484,044	$4,024,686

Pre-match H2H

Ricardo Mello 0 – 0 Mario Ancic

Path

Ricardo Mello's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 2004	QF	Jerome Golmard	6-7(2) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 2004	R16	Mardy Fish	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 2004	R32	Gilles Elseneer	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ricardo Mello's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 2004	F	Vincent Spadea	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mario Ancic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 2004	QF	Kenneth Carlsen	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 2004	R16	Amer Delic	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 2004	R32	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data