Rafael Nadal #2 def. Fernando Gonzalez #15

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

Match Information

Date: Aug 17, 2008*
Tournament: Beijing Olympics
Edition: 2008
Category: Olympics
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Gonzalez
Country	ESP	CHI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 29, 1980
Age	22	28
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	15
Ranking points (entering)	6,305	1,340
Elo (entering)	2,344	1,942
Career W-L	1,056–228	340–194
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$8,862,276

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #2 3 – 3 Fernando Gonzalez #15

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2008	SF	Novak Djokovic #3	6-4 1-6 6-4	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Fernando Gonzalez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2008	SF	James Blake #7	4-6 7-5 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2008	QF	Paul-Henri Mathieu #26	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2008	R16	Olivier Rochus #72	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2008	R32	Marin Cilic #33	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2008	R64	Peng Sun #534	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data