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Rafael Nadal #11 def. Juan Carlos Ferrero #58

6-1 7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 24, 2005*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Duration	2h 56m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Aces	6	1
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	76	67
First serve points won %	70	67
Second serve points won %	56	39
Break points saved %	89	64
Break points converted %	36	11
Service points won %	66	58
Return points won %	42	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Feb 12, 1980
Age	18	25
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	58
Ranking points (entering)	1,800	685
Elo (entering)	2,015	1,882
Career W-L	1,045–225	457–254
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$13,998,165

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Juan Carlos Ferrero

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2005	SF	Radek Stepanek	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2005	QF	Agustin Calleri	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2005	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2005	R32	Gilles Muller	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Juan Carlos Ferrero's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2005	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2005	QF	Gaston Gaudio	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2005	R16	Alberto Martin	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2005	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2005	R64	Albert Montanes	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data