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Rafael Nadal #4 def. Carlos Alcaraz #19

6-4 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 19, 2022*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3
Loser	Carlos Alcaraz
Duration	3h 12m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Carlos Alcaraz
Aces	2	1
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	67	63
First serve points won %	62	60
Second serve points won %	44	46
Break points saved %	64	71
Break points converted %	29	36
Service points won %	56	55
Return points won %	45	44
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Carlos Alcaraz
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 5, 2003
Age	35	18
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	19
Ranking points (entering)	6,515	2,056
Elo (entering)	2,363	2,057
Career W-L	1,045–225	284–66
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$64,997,598

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Carlos Alcaraz

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2022	QF	Nick Kyrgios	7-6(0) 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2022	R16	Reilly Opelka	7-6(3) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2022	R32	Daniel Evans	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2022	R64	Sebastian Korda	6-2 1-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2022	F	Taylor Fritz	3-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Carlos Alcaraz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2022	QF	Cameron Norrie	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2022	R16	Gael Monfils	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2022	R32	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2022	R64	Mackenzie McDonald	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data