Rafael Nadal #5 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #8

6-3 7-6(3)

Rafael Nadal defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2013 Monte-Carlo Masters semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 20, 2013*
Tournament: Monte-Carlo Masters
Edition: 2013
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 37m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Aces	3	4
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	80	63
First serve points won %	71	64
Second serve points won %	62	43
Break points saved %	71	60
Break points converted %	40	29
Service points won %	69	56
Return points won %	44	31
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 17, 1985
Age	26	28
Height	185 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	8
Ranking points (entering)	6,385	3,695
Elo (entering)	2,385	2,122
Current career W-L	1,056–228	449–230
Current career earnings	$134,946,100	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #5 6 – 3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #8

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Grigor Dimitrov #34	6-2 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 20, 2013	QF
Philipp Kohlschreiber #21	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 2013	R16
Marinko Matosevic #54	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 2013	R32

Rafael Nadal's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Novak Djokovic #1	2-6 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 21, 2013	F

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stan Wawrinka #17	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 20, 2013	QF
Jurgen Melzer #36	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 2013	R16
Nikolay Davydenko #41	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 2013	R32