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Fernando Gonzalez #9 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-2 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2007*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Fernando Gonzalez
Score	6-2 6-4 6-3
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	Fernando Gonzalez	Rafael Nadal
Aces	10	1
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	66	71
First serve points won %	73	70
Second serve points won %	61	35
Break points saved %	100	38
Break points converted %	62	0
Service points won %	69	59
Return points won %	41	31
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Gonzalez	Rafael Nadal
Country	CHI	ESP
Birth date	Jul 29, 1980	Jun 3, 1986
Age	26	20
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,015	4,525
Elo (entering)	2,042	2,106
Career W-L	330–192	1,045–225
Career earnings	$8,862,276	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Gonzalez 2 – 1 Rafael Nadal

Path

Fernando Gonzalez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2007	R16	James Blake	7-5 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2007	R32	Lleyton Hewitt	6-2 6-2 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2007	R64	Juan Martin del Potro	7-6(7) 4-6 6-7(3) 6-4 4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2007	R128	Evgeny Korolev	6-7(4) 7-6(6) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Gonzalez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2007	SF	Tommy Haas	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2007	R16	Andy Murray	6-7(3) 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2007	R32	Stan Wawrinka	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2007	R64	Philipp Kohlschreiber	7-5 6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2007	R128	Robert Kendrick	7-6(6) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data