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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Andy Murray #2

2-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 16, 2016*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	2-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Andy Murray
Duration	2h 43m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Andy Murray
Aces	2	4
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	74	51
First serve points won %	64	68
Second serve points won %	57	44
Break points saved %	73	60
Break points converted %	40	27
Service points won %	62	56
Return points won %	44	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Andy Murray
Country	ESP	GBR
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 15, 1987
Age	29	28
Height	185	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	2
Ranking points (entering)	4,955	7,815
Elo (entering)	2,183	2,283
Career W-L	1,045–225	703–264
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$64,687,542

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 16 – 7 Andy Murray

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2016	QF	Stan Wawrinka	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2016	R16	Dominic Thiem	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2016	R32	Aljaz Bedene	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2016	F	Gael Monfils	7-5 5-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2016	QF	Milos Raonic	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2016	R16	Benoit Paire	2-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2016	R32	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data