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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Tomas Berdych #7

6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-4 6-3
Loser	Tomas Berdych
Duration	4h 16m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Tomas Berdych
Aces	7	17
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	70	62
First serve points won %	76	74
Second serve points won %	50	45
Break points saved %	85	62
Break points converted %	38	15
Service points won %	68	63
Return points won %	37	32
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Tomas Berdych
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 17, 1985
Age	25	26
Height	185	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	7
Ranking points (entering)	9,595	3,700
Elo (entering)	2,256	2,117
Career W-L	1,045–225	594–321
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$29,491,328

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 9 – 3 Tomas Berdych

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2012	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Lukas Lacko	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Alex Kuznetsov	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2012	SF	Roger Federer	6-7(5) 6-2 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tomas Berdych's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2012	R16	Nicolas Almagro	4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(3) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Kevin Anderson	7-6(5) 7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Olivier Rochus	6-1 6-0 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	7-5 4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data