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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Feliciano Lopez #25

6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 2010*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Feliciano Lopez
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Feliciano Lopez
Aces	9	10
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	63	52
First serve points won %	90	75
Second serve points won %	62	42
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	80	59
Return points won %	41	20
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Feliciano Lopez
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 20, 1981
Age	24	28
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	25
Ranking points (entering)	10,745	1,515
Elo (entering)	2,287	1,858
Career W-L	1,045–225	497–477
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$18,706,677

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 5 – 2 Feliciano Lopez

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2010	R32	Gilles Simon	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2010	R64	Denis Istomin	6-2 7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2010	R128	Teymuraz Gabashvili	7-6(4) 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2010	QF	Fernando Verdasco	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Feliciano Lopez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2010	R32	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6-3 4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2010	R64	Benoit Paire	6-4 6-7(4) 5-7 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2010	R128	Santiago Giraldo	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data