Rafael Nadal #2 def. Novak Djokovic #3

6-4 1-6 6-4

Match Information

Date: Aug 16, 2008*
Tournament: Beijing Olympics
Edition: 2008
Category: Olympics
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Country	ESP	SRB
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 22, 1987
Age	22	21
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	6,305	4,905
Elo (entering)	2,336	2,150
Career W-L	1,056–228	1,141–229
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #2 9 – 4 Novak Djokovic #3

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2008	QF	Jurgen Melzer #51	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2008	R16	Igor Andreev #23	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2008	R32	Lleyton Hewitt #38	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2008	R64	Potito Starace #74	6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2008	F	Fernando Gonzalez #15	6-3 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2008	QF	Gael Monfils #43	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2008	R16	Mikhail Youzhny #22	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2008	R32	Rainer Schuettler #35	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2008	R64	Robby Ginepri #59	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data