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Fernando Gonzalez #7 def. Juan Martin del Potro #91

5-7 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 28, 2006*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Fernando Gonzalez
Score	5-7 6-4 6-4
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	2h 13m

Stat	Fernando Gonzalez	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	10	4
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	60	71
First serve points won %	79	68
Second serve points won %	49	61
Break points saved %	67	73
Break points converted %	27	33
Service points won %	67	66
Return points won %	34	33
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Gonzalez	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	CHI	ARG
Birth date	Jul 29, 1980	Sep 23, 1988
Age	26	18
Height	183	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	91
Ranking points (entering)	2,190	436
Elo (entering)	2,001	1,637
Career W-L	330–192	416–172
Career earnings	$8,862,276	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Gonzalez 1 – 0 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Fernando Gonzalez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2006	R16	Mardy Fish	6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2006	R32	Simone Bolelli	7-6(3) 6-7(2) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Gonzalez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2006	SF	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2006	R16	George Bastl	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2006	R32	Tobias Clemens	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data