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David Ferrer #17 def. Fernando Verdasco #9

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 1, 2010*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	David Ferrer
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	David Ferrer	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	2	3
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	69	74
First serve points won %	71	56
Second serve points won %	35	36
Break points saved %	25	29
Break points converted %	71	75
Service points won %	60	51
Return points won %	49	40
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Ferrer	Fernando Verdasco
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Apr 2, 1982	Nov 15, 1983
Age	28	26
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	9
Ranking points (entering)	2,105	3,555
Elo (entering)	2,019	2,125
Career W-L	700–368	549–441
Career earnings	$31,483,911	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

David Ferrer 3 – 6 Fernando Verdasco

Path

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2010	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2010	R16	Andy Murray	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2010	R32	Potito Starace	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2010	R64	Evgeny Korolev	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2010	F	Rafael Nadal	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2010	QF	Novak Djokovic	7-6(4) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2010	R16	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2010	R32	Simone Bolelli	7-6(11) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data