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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #31

7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 15, 2007*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 7-5
Loser	Juan Ignacio Chela
Duration	1h 56m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 30, 1979
Age	20	27
Height	185	190
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
Career W-L	1,045–225	306–268
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 1 Juan Ignacio Chela

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

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

Rafael Nadal's next match

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

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

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