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Andy Murray #1 def. Fernando Verdasco #35

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 4, 2017*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	1h 13m

Stat	Andy Murray	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	2	4
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	56	79
First serve points won %	80	41
Second serve points won %	60	45
Break points saved %	33	38
Break points converted %	62	67
Service points won %	71	42
Return points won %	58	29
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Fernando Verdasco
Country	GBR	ESP
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Nov 15, 1983
Age	29	33
Height	191	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	35
Ranking points (entering)	11,540	1,070
Elo (entering)	2,415	1,914
Career W-L	703–264	549–441
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 12 – 1 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2017	SF	Lucas Pouille	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2017	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-7(4) 7-6(18) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2017	R16	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2017	R32	Malek Jaziri	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2017	SF	Robin Haase	7-6(5) 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2017	QF	Gael Monfils	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2017	R16	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2017	R32	Andreas Seppi	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data