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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Roger Federer #1

6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 2005*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 47m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	2	3
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	73	62
First serve points won %	61	64
Second serve points won %	50	38
Break points saved %	50	31
Break points converted %	69	50
Service points won %	58	54
Return points won %	46	42
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	19	23
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,600	6,605
Elo (entering)	2,116	2,337
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 1 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2005	QF	David Ferrer	7-5 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2005	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	6-4 3-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2005	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2005	R64	Xavier Malisse	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2005	R128	Lars Burgsmuller	6-1 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 2005	F	Mariano Puerta	6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2005	QF	Victor Hanescu	6-2 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2005	R16	Carlos Moya	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2005	R32	Fernando Gonzalez	7-6(9) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2005	R64	Nicolas Almagro	6-3 7-6(0) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2005	R128	Dudi Sela	6-1 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data