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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Dominic Thiem #9

0-6 6-4 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2018*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	0-6 6-4 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(5)
Loser	Dominic Thiem
Duration	4h 49m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Dominic Thiem
Aces	3	18
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	66	58
First serve points won %	67	71
Second serve points won %	56	56
Break points saved %	54	71
Break points converted %	29	46
Service points won %	63	65
Return points won %	35	37
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Dominic Thiem
Country	ESP	AUT
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 3, 1993
Age	32	25
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	9
Ranking points (entering)	10,040	3,485
Elo (entering)	2,367	2,052
Career W-L	1,045–225	337–207
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$30,387,561

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 7 – 3 Dominic Thiem

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6-3 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Karen Khachanov	5-7 7-5 7-6(7) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Vasek Pospisil	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	David Ferrer	6-3 3-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2018	SF	Juan Martin del Potro	6-7(3) 2-6 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Dominic Thiem's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Kevin Anderson	7-5 6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Taylor Fritz	3-6 6-3 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Steve Johnson	6-7(5) 6-3 5-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Mirza Basic	6-3 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data