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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Martin Klizan #140

6-0 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 28, 2018*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-0 7-5
Loser	Martin Klizan
Duration	1h 45m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Martin Klizan
Aces	2	2
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	55	64
First serve points won %	68	57
Second serve points won %	74	38
Break points saved %	50	55
Break points converted %	45	50
Service points won %	71	50
Return points won %	50	29
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Martin Klizan
Country	ESP	SVK
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 11, 1989
Age	31	28
Height	185	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	140
Ranking points (entering)	8,770	396
Elo (entering)	2,288	1,843
Career W-L	1,045–225	128–146
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$5,575,281

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 1 Martin Klizan

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2018	R16	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2018	R32	Roberto Carballes Baena	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2018	SF	David Goffin	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Martin Klizan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2018	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2018	R32	Novak Djokovic	6-2 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2018	R64	Federico Delbonis	6-3 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2018	Q2	Ernesto Escobedo	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2018	Q1	Uladzimir Ignatik	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data