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

6-3 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Apr 20, 2013*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 7-6(3)
Loser	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Duration	1h 37m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 17, 1985
Age	26	28
Height	185	188
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)	2,377	2,124
Career W-L	1,045–225	445–228
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 6 – 3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

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

Rafael Nadal's next match

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

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

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