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Rafael Nadal #3 def. David Ferrer #17

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 2, 2010*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Aces	3	1
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	80	72
First serve points won %	77	62
Second serve points won %	64	39
Break points saved %	100	77
Break points converted %	23	0
Service points won %	75	56
Return points won %	44	25
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 2, 1982
Age	23	28
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	17
Ranking points (entering)	6,480	2,105
Elo (entering)	2,217	2,039
Career W-L	1,045–225	700–368
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 10 – 3 David Ferrer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2010	SF	Ernests Gulbis	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2010	QF	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2010	R16	Victor Hanescu	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2010	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2010	SF	Fernando Verdasco	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2010	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2010	R16	Andy Murray	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2010	R32	Potito Starace	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2010	R64	Evgeny Korolev	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data