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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Juan Martin del Potro #90

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 19, 2011*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	1h 52m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	4	3
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	56	68
First serve points won %	81	60
Second serve points won %	58	50
Break points saved %	67	25
Break points converted %	75	33
Service points won %	71	57
Return points won %	43	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 23, 1988
Age	24	22
Height	185	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	90
Ranking points (entering)	12,390	565
Elo (entering)	2,248	2,125
Career W-L	1,045–225	416–172
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 3 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2011	QF	Ivo Karlovic	5-7 6-1 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2011	R16	Somdev Devvarman	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2011	R32	Ryan Sweeting	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2011	R64	Rik De Voest	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2011	F	Novak Djokovic	6-4 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2011	QF	Tommy Robredo	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2011	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	7-6(3) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2011	R32	Alexandr Dolgopolov	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2011	R64	Ivan Ljubicic	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2011	R128	Radek Stepanek	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data