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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Jannik Sinner #19

7-5 6-3 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 2021*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 6-3 6-0
Loser	Jannik Sinner
Duration	2h 17m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Jannik Sinner
Aces	4	0
Double faults	7	4
First serve %	58	66
First serve points won %	81	42
Second serve points won %	43	38
Break points saved %	43	36
Break points converted %	64	57
Service points won %	65	41
Return points won %	59	35
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Jannik Sinner
Country	ESP	ITA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 16, 2001
Age	35	19
Height	185	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	19
Ranking points (entering)	9,630	2,500
Elo (entering)	2,311	2,011
Career W-L	1,045–225	351–92
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$64,837,801

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 0 Jannik Sinner

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2021	R32	Cameron Norrie	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2021	R64	Richard Gasquet	6-0 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2021	R128	Alexei Popyrin	6-3 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2021	QF	Diego Schwartzman	6-3 4-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jannik Sinner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2021	R32	Mikael Ymer	6-1 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2021	R64	Gianluca Mager	6-1 7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2021	R128	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6-1 4-6 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data