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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Rainer Schuettler #94

6-1 7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 2008*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Rainer Schuettler
Duration	2h 2m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Rainer Schuettler
Aces	6	3
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	80	67
First serve points won %	82	65
Second serve points won %	67	45
Break points saved %	50	58
Break points converted %	42	50
Service points won %	79	58
Return points won %	42	21
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Rainer Schuettler
Country	ESP	GER
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	—
Age	22	—
Height	185	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	94
Ranking points (entering)	5,755	472
Elo (entering)	2,314	1,717
Career W-L	1,045–225	313–323
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,407,508

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 1 Rainer Schuettler

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Andy Murray	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Mikhail Youzhny	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2008	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(3) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Ernests Gulbis	5-7 6-2 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Andreas Beck	6-4 6-4 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 2008	F	Roger Federer	6-4 6-4 6-7(5) 6-7(8) 9-7	W	H2H	Match data

Rainer Schuettler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Arnaud Clement	6-3 5-7 7-6(6) 6-7(7) 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Janko Tipsarevic	6-4 3-6 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2008	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	James Blake	6-3 6-7(8) 4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Santiago Ventura	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data