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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #15 def. Rafael Nadal #7

6-4 0-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 2015*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Score	6-4 0-6 7-5
Loser	Rafael Nadal

Stat	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Rafael Nadal
Aces	11	1
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	66	76
First serve points won %	76	71
Second serve points won %	39	48
Break points saved %	73	80
Break points converted %	20	27
Service points won %	63	65
Return points won %	35	37
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Rafael Nadal
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Apr 17, 1985	Jun 3, 1986
Age	30	29
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	7
Ranking points (entering)	1,990	4,060
Elo (entering)	2,098	2,179
Career W-L	445–228	1,045–225
Career earnings	$22,524,073	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3 – 7 Rafael Nadal

Path

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2015	QF	Kevin Anderson	7-6(6) 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2015	R16	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	6-7(5) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2015	R32	Victor Estrella	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Oct 13, 2015	R64	Tommy Robredo	6-7(5) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2015	F	Novak Djokovic	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2015	QF	Stan Wawrinka	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2015	R16	Milos Raonic	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2015	R32	Ivo Karlovic	7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data