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Rafael Nadal #17 def. Gaston Gaudio #6

6-3 6-0

Match Information

Date	Apr 17, 2005*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-0
Loser	Gaston Gaudio
Duration	1h 2m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gaston Gaudio
Aces	2	1
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	85	62
First serve points won %	82	50
Second serve points won %	67	38
Break points saved %	—	20
Break points converted %	80	—
Service points won %	80	45
Return points won %	55	20
Total points won %	67	33

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gaston Gaudio
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Dec 9, 1978
Age	18	26
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,340	2,220
Elo (entering)	1,950	1,882
Career W-L	1,045–225	253–188
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$6,066,156

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 3 Gaston Gaudio

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2005	R16	Olivier Rochus	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2005	R32	Xavier Malisse	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2005	R64	Gael Monfils	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2005	SF	Richard Gasquet	6-7(6) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gaston Gaudio's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2005	R16	Victor Hanescu	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2005	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	7-5 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2005	R64	Christophe Rochus	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data