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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #25

6-4 3-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 3-0 (ret.)
Loser	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration	51m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	3	5
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	93	59
First serve points won %	89	55
Second serve points won %	0	40
Break points saved %	—	0
Break points converted %	100	—
Service points won %	83	49
Return points won %	51	17
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jan 12, 1982
Age	21	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	25
Ranking points (entering)	5,780	1,320
Elo (entering)	2,147	1,874
Career W-L	1,045–225	268–297
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 6 – 0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Gilles Simon	7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Florent Serra	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Viktor Troicki	7-6(3) 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	Jarkko Nieminen	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Stefan Koubek	4-6 7-6(4) 2-6 7-5 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Paul Capdeville	6-7(5) 6-0 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Victor Hanescu	6-1 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data