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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Frances Tiafoe #37

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 10, 2019*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Frances Tiafoe
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Frances Tiafoe
Aces	6	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	65	78
First serve points won %	88	64
Second serve points won %	67	46
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	80	60
Return points won %	40	20
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Frances Tiafoe
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jan 20, 1998
Age	32	21
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	37
Ranking points (entering)	7,765	1,185
Elo (entering)	2,267	1,881
Career W-L	1,045–225	254–211
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$17,770,097

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Frances Tiafoe

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2019	R32	Felix Auger-Aliassime	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2019	QF	Stan Wawrinka	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Frances Tiafoe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2019	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2019	R64	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6-7(8) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data