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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Feliciano Lopez #19

6-4 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-4 6-2
Loser	Feliciano Lopez
Duration	2h 25m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Feliciano Lopez
Aces	4	10
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	80	57
First serve points won %	81	66
Second serve points won %	64	38
Break points saved %	75	72
Break points converted %	28	25
Service points won %	77	54
Return points won %	46	23
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	25	30
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	19
Ranking points (entering)	9,595	1,755
Elo (entering)	2,247	1,995
Career W-L	1,045–225	497–477
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$18,706,677

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 8 – 2 Feliciano Lopez

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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 26, 2012	QF	Tomas Berdych	6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Feliciano Lopez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	John Isner	6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 6-7(0) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Flavio Cipolla	7-5 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Leonardo Mayer	7-6(5) 6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data