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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Stefanos Tsitsipas #7

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 18, 2019*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Aces	1	7
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	59	64
First serve points won %	71	76
Second serve points won %	79	42
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	75	64
Return points won %	36	25
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Country	ESP	GRE
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 12, 1998
Age	32	20
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	7
Ranking points (entering)	7,945	3,790
Elo (entering)	2,261	2,117
Career W-L	1,045–225	354–188
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$37,859,522

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 1 Stefanos Tsitsipas

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2019	QF	Fernando Verdasco	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2019	R16	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2019	R32	Jeremy Chardy	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2019	F	Novak Djokovic	6-0 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Stefanos Tsitsipas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2019	QF	Roger Federer	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2019	R16	Fabio Fognini	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2019	R32	Jannik Sinner	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data