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Rafael Nadal #2 def. David Ferrer #5

6-1 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 4, 2008*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 4-6 6-1
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	2h 14m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Aces	3	2
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	69	70
First serve points won %	63	56
Second serve points won %	70	38
Break points saved %	71	40
Break points converted %	60	29
Service points won %	65	51
Return points won %	49	35
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 2, 1982
Age	21	26
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	5
Ranking points (entering)	5,655	2,610
Elo (entering)	2,176	2,011
Career W-L	1,045–225	700–368
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 5 – 3 David Ferrer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2008	SF	Denis Gremelmayr	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2008	QF	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2008	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2008	R32	Potito Starace	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2008	SF	Stan Wawrinka	7-6(8) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2008	QF	Tommy Robredo	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2008	R16	Nicolas Lapentti	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2008	R32	Gabriel Trujillo-Soler	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data