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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Frances Tiafoe #39

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2019*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Frances Tiafoe
Duration	1h 47m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Frances Tiafoe
Aces	11	13
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	74	75
First serve points won %	84	70
Second serve points won %	60	33
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	78	61
Return points won %	39	22
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Frances Tiafoe
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jan 20, 1998
Age	32	21
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	39
Ranking points (entering)	7,480	1,080
Elo (entering)	2,351	1,914
Career W-L	1,045–225	254–211
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$17,770,097

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Frances Tiafoe

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2019	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-0 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2019	R32	Alex de Minaur	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Matthew Ebden	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	James Duckworth	6-4 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2019	SF	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6-2 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Frances Tiafoe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2019	R16	Grigor Dimitrov	7-5 7-6(6) 6-7(1) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2019	R32	Andreas Seppi	6-7(3) 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Kevin Anderson	4-6 6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	7-6(7) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data