F Japan Open 2005

Wesley Moodie #98 def. Mario Ancic #24

1-6 7-6(7) 6-4

Wesley Moodie defeated Mario Ancic 1-6 7-6(7) 6-4 in the 2005 Japan Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 9, 2005*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 2005
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 2h 17m

Match Statistics

Stat	Wesley Moodie	Mario Ancic
Aces	11	12
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	73.0%	58.0%
First serve points won %	69.0%	81.0%
Second serve points won %	46.0%	51.0%
Break points saved %	67.0%	33.0%
Break points converted %	67.0%	33.0%
Service points won %	63.0%	69.0%
Return points won %	31.0%	37.0%
Total points won %	48.0%	52.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Wesley Moodie	Mario Ancic
Country	RSA	CRO
Birth date	Feb 14, 1979	Mar 30, 1984
Age	26	21
Height	196 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	98	24
Ranking points (entering)	419	1,205
Elo (entering)	1,726	1,844
Current career W-L	47–65	193–125
Current career earnings	$2,455,112	$4,024,686

Pre-match H2H

Wesley Moodie #98 0 – 0 Mario Ancic #24

Path

Wesley Moodie's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jarkko Nieminen #35	4-6 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2005	SF
Radek Stepanek #14	7-6(2) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2005	QF
Luis Horna #65	7-6(4) 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2005	R16
Mikhail Youzhny #26	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2005	R32
Jimmy Wang #93	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2005	R64

Wesley Moodie's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mario Ancic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bjorn Phau #96	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2005	SF
Marcos Baghdatis #81	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2005	QF
Cyril Saulnier #66	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2005	R16
Jan-Michael Gambill #186	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2005	R32