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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Feliciano Lopez #41

6-1 3-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 2009*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 3-0 (ret.)
Loser	Feliciano Lopez
Duration	51m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Feliciano Lopez
Aces	1	1
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	58	39
First serve points won %	86	42
Second serve points won %	80	26
Break points saved %	—	20
Break points converted %	80	—
Service points won %	83	32
Return points won %	68	17
Total points won %	75	25

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Feliciano Lopez
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 20, 1981
Age	23	28
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	41
Ranking points (entering)	8,945	1,005
Elo (entering)	2,259	1,734
Career W-L	1,045–225	497–477
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$18,706,677

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 1 Feliciano Lopez

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2009	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	3-6 6-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2009	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2009	R32	James Blake	6-2 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2009	F	Nikolay Davydenko	6-7(3) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Feliciano Lopez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2009	QF	Robin Soderling	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2009	R16	Jurgen Melzer	5-7 7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2009	R32	David Ferrer	4-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2009	R64	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data