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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Richard Gasquet #16

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 14, 2011*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Richard Gasquet
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Richard Gasquet
Aces	4	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	74	57
First serve points won %	78	59
Second serve points won %	57	46
Break points saved %	100	20
Break points converted %	80	0
Service points won %	72	54
Return points won %	46	28
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Richard Gasquet
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jun 18, 1986
Age	24	24
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	16
Ranking points (entering)	12,470	1,710
Elo (entering)	2,332	1,981
Career W-L	1,045–225	596–406
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$21,504,662

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 8 – 0 Richard Gasquet

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2011	QF	Marin Cilic	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2011	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2011	R32	Paolo Lorenzi	6-7(5) 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2011	F	Novak Djokovic	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Richard Gasquet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2011	QF	Tomas Berdych	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2011	R16	Roger Federer	4-6 7-6(2) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2011	R32	Igor Andreev	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2011	R64	Albert Montanes	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data