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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Marin Cilic #5

7-5 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Oct 14, 2017*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 7-6(3)
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	2h 11m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Marin Cilic
Aces	4	13
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	72	66
First serve points won %	77	64
Second serve points won %	60	45
Break points saved %	60	75
Break points converted %	25	40
Service points won %	72	58
Return points won %	42	28
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Marin Cilic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 28, 1988
Age	31	29
Height	185	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	9,875	4,155
Elo (entering)	2,339	2,118
Career W-L	1,045–225	572–344
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 1 Marin Cilic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2017	QF	Grigor Dimitrov	6-4 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2017	R16	Fabio Fognini	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2017	R32	Jared Donaldson	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2017	F	Roger Federer	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2017	QF	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2017	R16	Steve Johnson	7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2017	R32	Kyle Edmund	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data