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Rafael Nadal #2 def. David Ferrer #6

6-2 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 2012*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-2 6-1
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	1h 46m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Aces	2	1
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	60	56
First serve points won %	85	51
Second serve points won %	58	41
Break points saved %	100	30
Break points converted %	70	0
Service points won %	74	47
Return points won %	53	26
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 2, 1982
Age	26	30
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	6
Ranking points (entering)	10,060	4,640
Elo (entering)	2,368	2,225
Career W-L	1,045–225	700–368
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 15 – 4 David Ferrer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2012	QF	Nicolas Almagro	7-6(4) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2012	R16	Juan Monaco	6-2 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2012	R32	Eduardo Schwank	6-1 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2012	R64	Denis Istomin	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2012	R128	Simone Bolelli	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2012	F	Novak Djokovic	6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2012	QF	Andy Murray	6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2012	R16	Marcel Granollers	6-3 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2012	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2012	R64	Benoit Paire	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2012	R128	Lukas Lacko	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data