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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Mikhail Youzhny #35

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 6, 2012*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Mikhail Youzhny
Duration	1h 49m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Mikhail Youzhny
Aces	1	2
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	66	72
First serve points won %	75	60
Second serve points won %	43	44
Break points saved %	83	50
Break points converted %	50	17
Service points won %	64	55
Return points won %	45	36
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Mikhail Youzhny
Country	ESP	RUS
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jun 25, 1982
Age	25	29
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	35
Ranking points (entering)	9,595	1,105
Elo (entering)	2,264	1,865
Career W-L	1,045–225	477–405
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$14,264,450

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 8 – 4 Mikhail Youzhny

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2012	R16	Denis Gremelmayr	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2012	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3 6-7(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2012	SF	Gael Monfils	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mikhail Youzhny's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2012	R16	Ivo Karlovic	6-2 6-7(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2012	R32	Ernests Gulbis	6-4 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data