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Nicolas Almagro #28 def. David Nalbandian #8

6-1 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 2008*
Tournament	Acapulco
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Nicolas Almagro
Score	6-1 7-6(1)
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Nicolas Almagro	David Nalbandian
Aces	11	3
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	59	51
First serve points won %	84	58
Second serve points won %	62	56
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	75	57
Return points won %	43	25
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Almagro	David Nalbandian
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Aug 21, 1985	Jan 1, 1982
Age	22	26
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	28	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,065	1,875
Elo (entering)	1,807	2,034
Career W-L	385–272	356–185
Career earnings	$10,752,234	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Almagro 0 – 1 David Nalbandian

Path

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2008	SF	Jose Acasuso	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2008	QF	Nicolas Massu	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 2008	R16	Filippo Volandri	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2008	R32	Jiri Vanek	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2008	SF	Luis Horna	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2008	QF	Potito Starace	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 2008	R16	Santiago Ventura	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2008	R32	Boris Pashanski	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data