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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Lleyton Hewitt #14

6-2 5-7 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 5-7 6-4 6-2
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	3h 17m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	1	4
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	70	51
First serve points won %	67	68
Second serve points won %	62	37
Break points saved %	56	62
Break points converted %	38	44
Service points won %	65	53
Return points won %	47	35
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Feb 24, 1981
Age	20	25
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	14
Ranking points (entering)	4,545	1,580
Elo (entering)	2,257	1,940
Career W-L	1,045–225	564–241
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 3 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Kevin Kim	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Robin Soderling	6-2 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2006	QF	Novak Djokovic	6-4 6-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Dominik Hrbaty	7-6(5) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Mathieu Montcourt	7-5 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Jan Hernych	7-6(5) 3-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data