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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Janko Tipsarevic #8

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 28, 2012*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Janko Tipsarevic
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Janko Tipsarevic
Aces	3	3
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	69	59
First serve points won %	76	63
Second serve points won %	47	19
Break points saved %	80	29
Break points converted %	71	20
Service points won %	67	45
Return points won %	55	33
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Janko Tipsarevic
Country	ESP	SRB
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jun 22, 1984
Age	25	27
Height	185	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	9,715	2,820
Elo (entering)	2,317	1,996
Career W-L	1,045–225	245–240
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$8,616,024

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Janko Tipsarevic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2012	R16	Robert Farah	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2012	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2012	SF	Fernando Verdasco	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Janko Tipsarevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2012	R16	Frederico Gil	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Apr 26, 2012	R32	Victor Hanescu	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data