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David Nalbandian #13 def. Younes El Aynaoui #21

7-6(2) 6-2 3-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 5, 2003*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	7-6(2) 6-2 3-6 7-5
Loser	Younes El Aynaoui
Duration	2h 58m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Younes El Aynaoui
Aces	5	16
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	72	66
First serve points won %	78	67
Second serve points won %	55	40
Break points saved %	43	67
Break points converted %	33	57
Service points won %	72	58
Return points won %	42	28
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Younes El Aynaoui
Country	ARG	MAR
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Sep 12, 1971
Age	21	31
Height	180	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	13	21
Ranking points (entering)	1,700	1,260
Elo (entering)	1,964	1,864
Career W-L	356–185	243–219
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$4,044,667

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 0 – 1 Younes El Aynaoui

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2003	R16	Roger Federer	3-6 7-6(1) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2003	R32	Mark Philippoussis	7-5 6-7(10) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2003	R64	Jarkko Nieminen	5-7 6-3 6-1 4-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2003	R128	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-4 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2003	SF	Andy Roddick	7-6(4) 6-3 6-7(7) 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Younes El Aynaoui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2003	R16	Carlos Moya	7-6(4) 7-6(7) 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2003	R32	Jiri Novak	7-6(1) 5-7 3-6 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2003	R64	Rafael Nadal	7-6(6) 6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2003	R128	Alex Kim	7-5 7-6(5) 6-3	W	—	Match data