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Roger Federer #1 def. David Nalbandian #3

6-3 3-6 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	May 14, 2006*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 3-6 7-6(5)
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	2h 43m

Stat	Roger Federer	David Nalbandian
Aces	9	2
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	48	57
First serve points won %	70	62
Second serve points won %	44	48
Break points saved %	69	44
Break points converted %	56	31
Service points won %	56	56
Return points won %	44	44
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	David Nalbandian
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jan 1, 1982
Age	24	24
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	7,160	2,845
Elo (entering)	2,349	2,032
Career W-L	1,206–267	356–185
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 4 – 6 David Nalbandian

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	QF	Nicolas Almagro	6-3 6-7(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Radek Stepanek	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Potito Starace	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2006	F	Rafael Nadal	7-6(0) 6-7(5) 4-6 6-2 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	QF	Mario Ancic	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Alberto Martin	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Fernando Vicente	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data