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Nikolay Davydenko #6 def. Rafael Nadal #2

0-6 7-6(8) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 9, 2010*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Nikolay Davydenko
Score	0-6 7-6(8) 6-4
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 43m

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Rafael Nadal
Aces	2	1
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	74	63
First serve points won %	62	67
Second serve points won %	46	53
Break points saved %	38	62
Break points converted %	38	62
Service points won %	58	62
Return points won %	38	42
Total points won %	48	52

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)	6	2
Ranking points (entering)	4,930	9,205
Elo (entering)	2,173	2,185
Career W-L	467–324	1,045–225
Career earnings	$16,186,480	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko 4 – 4 Rafael Nadal

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2010	SF	Roger Federer	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2010	QF	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(4) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2010	R16	Marco Chiudinelli	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2010	R32	Mikhail Kukushkin	6-2 6-0	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
Jan 9, 2010	SF	Viktor Troicki	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2010	QF	Steve Darcis	6-1 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2010	R16	Potito Starace	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2010	R32	Simone Bolelli	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data