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Juan Carlos Ferrero #31 def. Rafael Nadal #2

7-6(2) 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Aug 20, 2006*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Score	7-6(2) 7-6(3)
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 43m

Stat	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Rafael Nadal
Aces	3	8
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	58	62
First serve points won %	77	67
Second serve points won %	59	64
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	69	66
Return points won %	34	31
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Rafael Nadal
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Feb 12, 1980	Jun 3, 1986
Age	26	20
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	31	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,015	4,505
Elo (entering)	1,810	2,254
Career W-L	457–254	1,045–225
Career earnings	$13,998,165	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Juan Carlos Ferrero 0 – 4 Rafael Nadal

Path

Juan Carlos Ferrero's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2006	R16	Robin Soderling	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2006	R32	James Blake	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2006	R64	Jonas Bjorkman	6-6 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Carlos Ferrero's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2006	SF	Tommy Robredo	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2006	R16	Tommy Haas	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2006	R32	Hyung-Taik Lee	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2006	R64	Sam Querrey	6-7(5) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data