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Gaston Gaudio #29 def. Rafael Nadal #87

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 17, 2003*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Gaston Gaudio
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	59m

Stat	Gaston Gaudio	Rafael Nadal
Aces	3	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	62	73
First serve points won %	88	51
Second serve points won %	67	54
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	80	52
Return points won %	48	20
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gaston Gaudio	Rafael Nadal
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Dec 9, 1978	Jun 3, 1986
Age	24	16
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	29	87
Ranking points (entering)	1,080	486
Elo (entering)	1,849	1,620
Career W-L	253–188	1,045–225
Career earnings	$6,066,156	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Gaston Gaudio 0 – 0 Rafael Nadal

Path

Gaston Gaudio's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2003	R32	David Sanchez	6-7(8) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2003	R64	James Blake	6-7(3) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gaston Gaudio's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2003	QF	Olivier Rochus	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2003	R32	Carlos Moya	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2003	R64	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data