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Juan Martin del Potro #5 def. Rafael Nadal #1

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 12, 2013*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 46m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Rafael Nadal
Aces	5	0
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	80	70
First serve points won %	65	55
Second serve points won %	69	60
Break points saved %	100	73
Break points converted %	27	0
Service points won %	66	57
Return points won %	43	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Rafael Nadal
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Jun 3, 1986
Age	25	27
Height	198	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	1
Ranking points (entering)	4,925	11,160
Elo (entering)	2,196	2,483
Career W-L	416–172	1,045–225
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 3 – 8 Rafael Nadal

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2013	QF	Nicolas Almagro	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2013	R16	Tommy Haas	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2013	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	3-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2013	F	Novak Djokovic	1-6 6-3 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2013	QF	Stan Wawrinka	7-6(10) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2013	R16	Carlos Berlocq	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2013	R32	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data