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Dominic Thiem #5 def. Rafael Nadal #1

7-6(3) 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Jan 31, 2020*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Dominic Thiem
Score	7-6(3) 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(6)
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	4h 10m

Stat	Dominic Thiem	Rafael Nadal
Aces	14	11
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	59	70
First serve points won %	78	69
Second serve points won %	49	52
Break points saved %	56	62
Break points converted %	38	44
Service points won %	66	64
Return points won %	36	34
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dominic Thiem	Rafael Nadal
Country	AUT	ESP
Birth date	Sep 3, 1993	Jun 3, 1986
Age	26	33
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	1
Ranking points (entering)	5,890	10,235
Elo (entering)	2,172	2,357
Career W-L	337–207	1,045–225
Career earnings	$30,387,561	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Dominic Thiem 4 – 9 Rafael Nadal

Path

Dominic Thiem's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2020	R16	Gael Monfils	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2020	R32	Taylor Fritz	6-2 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2020	R64	Alex Bolt	6-2 5-7 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2020	R128	Adrian Mannarino	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Dominic Thiem's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 2020	SF	Alexander Zverev	3-6 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2020	R16	Nick Kyrgios	6-3 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2020	R32	Pablo Carreno Busta	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2020	R64	Federico Delbonis	6-3 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2020	R128	Hugo Dellien	6-2 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data