Rafael Nadal #2 def. Rainer Schuettler #98

6-4 6-2

Rafael Nadal defeated Rainer Schuettler 6-4 6-2 in the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 4, 2006*
Tournament: Dubai Tennis Championships
Edition: 2006
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 29m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Rainer Schuettler
Aces	6	2
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	70	61
First serve points won %	78	59
Second serve points won %	38	46
Break points saved %	67	56
Break points converted %	44	33
Service points won %	66	54
Return points won %	46	34
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Rainer Schuettler
Country	ESP	GER
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 25, 1976
Age	19	29
Height	185 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	98
Ranking points (entering)	4,455	398
Elo (entering)	2,142	1,651
Current career W-L	1,056–228	315–326
Current career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,407,508

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #2 1 – 1 Rainer Schuettler #98

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tim Henman #49	7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 4, 2006	QF
Younes El Aynaoui #211	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 3, 2006	R16
Paul-Henri Mathieu #34	6-7(5) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 2, 2006	R32

Rafael Nadal's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Federer #1	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 2006	F

Rainer Schuettler's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bjorn Phau #80	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 4, 2006	QF
Ivo Klec #258	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 3, 2006	R16
David Ferrer #11	6-2 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 2, 2006	R32