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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Filippo Volandri #46

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 11, 2006*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Filippo Volandri
Duration	1h 11m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Filippo Volandri
Aces	0	1
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	65	78
First serve points won %	79	36
Second serve points won %	50	62
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	69	42
Return points won %	58	31
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Filippo Volandri
Country	ESP	ITA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 5, 1981
Age	19	24
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	46
Ranking points (entering)	4,135	796
Elo (entering)	2,204	1,661
Career W-L	1,045–225	167–215
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$3,949,631

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Filippo Volandri

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Carlos Moya	6-1 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Tim Henman	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Filippo Volandri's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Andy Murray	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data