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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Novak Djokovic #1

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 20, 2012*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	2h 21m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Aces	0	1
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	57	64
First serve points won %	69	68
Second serve points won %	57	37
Break points saved %	86	43
Break points converted %	57	14
Service points won %	64	57
Return points won %	43	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Country	ESP	SRB
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 22, 1987
Age	25	24
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	9,105	11,200
Elo (entering)	2,331	2,388
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,122–223
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 15 – 14 Novak Djokovic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	SF	David Ferrer	7-6(6) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	QF	Tomas Berdych	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Marcel Granollers	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R32	Florian Mayer	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	SF	Roger Federer	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Juan Monaco	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R32	Bernard Tomic	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data