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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Fernando Verdasco #15

6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(2) 6-7(1) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 31, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(2) 6-7(1) 6-4
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	5h 10m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	12	21
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	74	70
First serve points won %	72	70
Second serve points won %	62	55
Break points saved %	50	80
Break points converted %	20	50
Service points won %	69	66
Return points won %	34	31
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Verdasco
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Nov 15, 1983
Age	22	25
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	15
Ranking points (entering)	13,160	2,830
Elo (entering)	2,255	2,006
Career W-L	1,045–225	549–441
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 6 – 0 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Gilles Simon	6-2 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Roko Karanusic	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Christophe Rochus	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 2009	F	Roger Federer	7-5 3-6 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7-6(2) 3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Andy Murray	2-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Radek Stepanek	6-4 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Arnaud Clement	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Adrian Mannarino	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data