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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Nicolas Kiefer #37

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 27, 2008*
Tournament	Canada Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	2	7
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	65	47
First serve points won %	76	83
Second serve points won %	67	30
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	73	55
Return points won %	45	27
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	ESP	GER
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 5, 1977
Age	22	31
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	37
Ranking points (entering)	5,830	920
Elo (entering)	2,346	1,959
Career W-L	1,045–225	343–252
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 0 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	SF	Andy Murray	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	QF	Richard Gasquet	6-7(12) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Igor Andreev	6-2 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Jesse Levine	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	SF	Gilles Simon	6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	QF	James Blake	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2008	R64	Mardy Fish	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data