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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Juan Martin del Potro #6

6-4 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 2018*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-1 6-2
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	2h 14m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	0	2
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	61	75
First serve points won %	73	57
Second serve points won %	66	50
Break points saved %	100	44
Break points converted %	56	0
Service points won %	70	55
Return points won %	45	30
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 23, 1988
Age	32	29
Height	185	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	8,770	4,450
Elo (entering)	2,326	2,199
Career W-L	1,045–225	416–172
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 9 – 4 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2018	QF	Diego Schwartzman	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2018	R16	Maximilian Marterer	6-3 6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2018	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2018	R64	Guido Pella	6-2 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2018	R128	Simone Bolelli	6-4 6-3 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2018	F	Dominic Thiem	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2018	QF	Marin Cilic	7-6(5) 5-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2018	R16	John Isner	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2018	R32	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	7-5 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2018	R64	Julien Benneteau	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2018	R128	Nicolas Mahut	1-6 6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data