Andy Murray #4 def. David Ferrer #5

6-2 6-3

Andy Murray defeated David Ferrer 6-2 6-3 in the 2011 Japan Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 8, 2011*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 2011
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 21m

Match Statistics

Stat	Andy Murray	David Ferrer
Aces	4	2
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	52	63
First serve points won %	84	47
Second serve points won %	61	52
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	73	49
Return points won %	51	27
Total points won %	61	39

Player Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	David Ferrer
Country	GBR	ESP
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Apr 2, 1982
Age	24	29
Height	191 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	5
Ranking points (entering)	7,415	4,200
Elo (entering)	2,249	2,073
Current career W-L	715–265	703–371
Current career earnings	$64,687,542	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray #4 3 – 3 David Ferrer #5

Path

Andy Murray's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
David Nalbandian #64	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2011	QF
Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data	Oct 7, 2011	R16
Marcos Baghdatis #54	7-6(4) 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2011	R32

Andy Murray's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Rafael Nadal #2	3-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2011	F

David Ferrer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Radek Stepanek #24	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2011	QF
Matthew Ebden #137	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2011	R16
Kei Nishikori #47	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2011	R32