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David Ferrer #72 def. David Nalbandian #19

6-4 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 1, 2003*
Tournament	Sopot
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	David Ferrer
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	2h 7m

Stat	David Ferrer	David Nalbandian
Aces	2	2
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	63	57
First serve points won %	64	66
Second serve points won %	45	38
Break points saved %	38	45
Break points converted %	55	62
Service points won %	57	54
Return points won %	46	43
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Ferrer	David Nalbandian
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Apr 2, 1982	Jan 1, 1982
Age	21	21
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	72	19
Ranking points (entering)	562	1,345
Elo (entering)	1,693	1,809
Career W-L	700–368	356–185
Career earnings	$31,483,911	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

David Ferrer 1 – 0 David Nalbandian

Path

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2003	R32	Bohdan Ulihrach	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2003	QF	Andreas Vinciguerra	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2003	R32	Marc Rosset	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data