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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Rafael Nadal #2

5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7(5) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7(5) 7-5
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	5h 53m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Aces	9	10
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	59	67
First serve points won %	68	65
Second serve points won %	63	47
Break points saved %	33	65
Break points converted %	35	67
Service points won %	66	59
Return points won %	41	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Jun 3, 1986
Age	24	25
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	13,630	9,595
Elo (entering)	2,393	2,300
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,045–225
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 13 – 14 Rafael Nadal

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2012	SF	Andy Murray	6-3 3-6 6-7(4) 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2012	QF	David Ferrer	6-4 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2012	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Nicolas Mahut	6-0 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Santiago Giraldo	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Paolo Lorenzi	6-2 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2012	SF	Roger Federer	6-7(5) 6-2 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2012	QF	Tomas Berdych	6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2012	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Lukas Lacko	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Alex Kuznetsov	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data