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Lucas Pouille #25 def. Rafael Nadal #5

6-1 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2016*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Lucas Pouille
Score	6-1 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-6(6)
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	4h 6m

Stat	Lucas Pouille	Rafael Nadal
Aces	11	1
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	46	59
First serve points won %	66	72
Second serve points won %	58	49
Break points saved %	55	64
Break points converted %	36	45
Service points won %	62	63
Return points won %	37	38
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lucas Pouille	Rafael Nadal
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Feb 23, 1994	Jun 3, 1986
Age	22	30
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,481	4,850
Elo (entering)	1,956	2,206
Career W-L	137–131	1,045–225
Career earnings	$8,834,022	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Lucas Pouille 0 – 1 Rafael Nadal

Path

Lucas Pouille's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2016	R32	Roberto Bautista Agut	3-6 7-5 2-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2016	R64	Marco Chiudinelli	4-6 3-6 7-6(6) 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2016	R128	Mikhail Kukushkin	3-6 6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Lucas Pouille's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2016	QF	Gael Monfils	4-6 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2016	R32	Andrey Kuznetsov	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2016	R64	Andreas Seppi	6-0 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2016	R128	Denis Istomin	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data