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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Roger Federer #1

1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jun 12, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6(4)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	3h 2m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	3	8
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	77	61
First serve points won %	69	68
Second serve points won %	65	53
Break points saved %	70	67
Break points converted %	33	30
Service points won %	68	62
Return points won %	38	32
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	20	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	4,545	7,035
Elo (entering)	2,276	2,339
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 5 – 1 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2006	SF	Ivan Ljubicic	6-4 6-2 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2006	QF	Novak Djokovic	6-4 6-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	6-2 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Kevin Kim	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Robin Soderling	6-2 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2006	SF	David Nalbandian	3-6 6-4 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2006	QF	Mario Ancic	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Nicolas Massu	6-1 6-2 6-7(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Alejandro Falla	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Diego Hartfield	7-5 7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data