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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Nikolay Davydenko #4

7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 12, 2007*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-4
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	3h 39m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	4	3
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	68	75
First serve points won %	63	54
Second serve points won %	41	41
Break points saved %	42	47
Break points converted %	53	58
Service points won %	56	50
Return points won %	50	44
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	ESP	RUS
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jun 2, 1981
Age	20	25
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	4
Ranking points (entering)	4,875	2,805
Elo (entering)	2,192	1,891
Career W-L	1,045–225	467–324
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2007	QF	Novak Djokovic	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2007	R16	Mikhail Youzhny	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2007	R32	Daniele Bracciali	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2007	F	Fernando Gonzalez	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2007	QF	Tommy Robredo	1-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2007	R16	Potito Starace	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2007	R32	Marat Safin	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data