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Nikolay Davydenko #8 def. Rafael Nadal #2

7-6(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 18, 2009*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Nikolay Davydenko
Score	7-6(3) 6-3
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 3m

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Rafael Nadal
Aces	4	1
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	70	69
First serve points won %	74	69
Second serve points won %	52	47
Break points saved %	75	71
Break points converted %	29	25
Service points won %	67	62
Return points won %	38	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikolay Davydenko	Rafael Nadal
Country	RUS	ESP
Birth date	Jun 2, 1981	Jun 3, 1986
Age	28	23
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,710	8,945
Elo (entering)	2,103	2,261
Career W-L	467–324	1,045–225
Career earnings	$16,186,480	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko 2 – 4 Rafael Nadal

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2009	SF	Novak Djokovic	4-6 6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2009	QF	Radek Stepanek	6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2009	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2009	R32	Igor Kunitsyn	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2009	SF	Feliciano Lopez	6-1 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2009	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	3-6 6-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2009	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2009	R32	James Blake	6-2 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data