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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Gael Monfils #15

6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 10, 2010*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 7-5
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gael Monfils
Aces	1	9
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	61	85
First serve points won %	90	65
Second serve points won %	60	43
Break points saved %	—	25
Break points converted %	75	—
Service points won %	78	62
Return points won %	38	22
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gael Monfils
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 1, 1986
Age	24	24
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	15
Ranking points (entering)	12,070	2,160
Elo (entering)	2,298	1,971
Career W-L	1,045–225	569–356
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 6 – 1 Gael Monfils

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2010	SF	Viktor Troicki	7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2010	QF	Dmitry Tursunov	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2010	R16	Milos Raonic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2010	R32	Santiago Giraldo	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2010	SF	Radek Stepanek	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2010	QF	Andy Roddick	7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2010	R16	Andreas Seppi	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2010	R32	Go Soeda	7-6(10) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data