David Sanchez #50 def. Jose Acasuso #74

6-7(4) 7-6(6) 6-3

David Sanchez defeated Jose Acasuso 6-7(4) 7-6(6) 6-3 in the 2003 Tiriac Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 13, 2003*
Tournament: Tiriac Open
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 42m

Match Statistics

Stat	David Sanchez	Jose Acasuso
Aces	1	5
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	64	52
First serve points won %	65	67
Second serve points won %	56	51
Break points saved %	64	50
Break points converted %	50	36
Service points won %	62	59
Return points won %	41	38
Total points won %	52	48

Player Comparison

Field	David Sanchez	Jose Acasuso
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Apr 20, 1978	Oct 20, 1982
Age	25	20
Height	183 cm	191 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	50	74
Ranking points (entering)	674	507
Elo (entering)	1,632	1,627
Current career W-L	87–119	181–178
Current career earnings	$1,451,767	$3,642,422

Pre-match H2H

David Sanchez #50 2 – 2 Jose Acasuso #74

Path

David Sanchez's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paul-Henri Mathieu #52	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 2003	QF
Jurgen Melzer #81	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 2003	R16
Alex Corretja #122	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 2003	R32

David Sanchez's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Massu #42	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 2003	F

Jose Acasuso's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Van Lottum	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data	Sep 13, 2003	QF
Igor Andreev #121	6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 2003	R16
Andreas Seppi #268	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 2003	R32