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David Ferrer #7 def. Rafael Nadal #1

6-4 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2011*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	David Ferrer
Score	6-4 6-2 6-3
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 33m

Stat	David Ferrer	Rafael Nadal
Aces	8	2
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	68	66
First serve points won %	72	55
Second serve points won %	57	37
Break points saved %	75	53
Break points converted %	47	25
Service points won %	67	49
Return points won %	51	33
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Ferrer	Rafael Nadal
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Apr 2, 1982	Jun 3, 1986
Age	28	24
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	1
Ranking points (entering)	3,895	12,390
Elo (entering)	2,094	2,276
Career W-L	700–368	1,045–225
Career earnings	$31,483,911	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

David Ferrer 3 – 11 Rafael Nadal

Path

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2011	R16	Milos Raonic	4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2011	R32	Ricardas Berankis	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2011	R64	Michael Russell	6-0 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2011	R128	Jarkko Nieminen	6-4 6-3 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2011	SF	Andy Murray	6-4 6-7(2) 1-6 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2011	R16	Marin Cilic	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2011	R32	Bernard Tomic	6-2 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2011	R64	Ryan Sweeting	6-2 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2011	R128	Marcos Daniel	6-0 5-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data