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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Novak Djokovic #5

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 12, 2007*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	1h 41m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Aces	2	1
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	74	72
First serve points won %	82	56
Second serve points won %	42	32
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	72	49
Return points won %	51	28
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Country	ESP	SRB
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 22, 1987
Age	20	19
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	5
Ranking points (entering)	4,875	2,720
Elo (entering)	2,180	2,078
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,122–223
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 1 Novak Djokovic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2007	R16	Mikhail Youzhny	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2007	R32	Daniele Bracciali	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2007	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2007	R16	Marcos Baghdatis	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2007	R32	Robin Soderling	3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data