Rafael Nadal #2 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #31

7-5 7-5

Rafael Nadal defeated Juan Ignacio Chela 7-5 7-5 in the 2007 Indian Wells Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 15, 2007*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 2007
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 56m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Juan Ignacio Chela
Aces	2	2
Double faults	5	0
First serve %	67	53
First serve points won %	79	64
Second serve points won %	39	51
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	66	58
Return points won %	42	34
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 30, 1979
Age	20	27
Height	185 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	31
Ranking points (entering)	4,480	955
Elo (entering)	2,080	1,862
Current career W-L	1,056–228	307–270
Current career earnings	$134,946,100	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #2 1 – 1 Juan Ignacio Chela #31

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Juan Carlos Ferrero #23	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 13, 2007	R16
Fernando Verdasco #33	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 11, 2007	R32
Arnaud Clement #53	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2007	R64

Rafael Nadal's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andy Roddick #3	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 17, 2007	SF

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Michael Russell #88	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 13, 2007	R16
Gilles Simon #40	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 11, 2007	R32
Jonas Bjorkman #39	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2007	R64