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Roger Federer #2 def. Rafael Nadal #1

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 15, 2017*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal
Aces	10	4
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	68	74
First serve points won %	83	62
Second serve points won %	79	50
Break points saved %	—	57
Break points converted %	43	—
Service points won %	82	59
Return points won %	41	18
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal
Country	SUI	ESP
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jun 3, 1986
Age	36	31
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	7,505	9,875
Elo (entering)	2,374	2,346
Career W-L	1,206–267	1,045–225
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 14 – 23 Rafael Nadal

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2017	SF	Juan Martin del Potro	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2017	QF	Richard Gasquet	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2017	R16	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2017	R32	Diego Schwartzman	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2017	SF	Marin Cilic	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2017	QF	Grigor Dimitrov	6-4 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2017	R16	Fabio Fognini	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2017	R32	Jared Donaldson	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data