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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #35

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date Feb 18, 2006*
Tournament Marseille
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Rafael Nadal
Score7-5 6-4
Loser Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration2h 2m
StatRafael NadalPaul-Henri Mathieu
Aces83
Double faults46
First serve %6653
First serve points won %7179
Second serve points won %5753
Break points saved %10067
Break points converted %330
Service points won %6667
Return points won %3334
Total points won %5248

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRafael NadalPaul-Henri Mathieu
Country ESP FRA
Birth dateJun 3, 1986Jan 12, 1982
Age1924
Height185185
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)235
Ranking points (entering)4,615858
Elo (entering)2,1601,763
Career W-L1,045–225268–297
Career earnings$134,946,100$6,299,093
Pre-match H2H
Rafael Nadal 2 0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 17, 2006R16 Gilles Simon 7-5 6-4WH2HMatch data
Feb 16, 2006R32 Olivier Rochus 4-6 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data

Rafael Nadal's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 18, 2006SF Arnaud Clement 6-2 3-6 5-7LH2HMatch data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 17, 2006R16 Radek Stepanek 7-6(0) 6-3WH2HMatch data
Feb 16, 2006R32 Jerome Haehnel 5-7 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data