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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Fernando Verdasco #20

6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 28, 2012*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-0 6-4
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	1h 26m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	2	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	70	76
First serve points won %	83	53
Second serve points won %	47	42
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	72	50
Return points won %	50	28
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Nov 15, 1983
Age	25	28
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	20
Ranking points (entering)	9,715	1,565
Elo (entering)	2,322	1,964
Career W-L	1,045–225	549–441
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 12 – 0 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2012	QF	Janko Tipsarevic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2012	R16	Robert Farah	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2012	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2012	F	David Ferrer	7-6(1) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2012	QF	Kei Nishikori	4-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2012	R16	Kevin Anderson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2012	R32	Steve Darcis	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data