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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Mariano Puerta #11

6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 6, 2005*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 7-5
Loser	Mariano Puerta
Duration	3h 24m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Mariano Puerta
Aces	7	4
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	79	61
First serve points won %	68	64
Second serve points won %	41	43
Break points saved %	79	56
Break points converted %	44	21
Service points won %	62	55
Return points won %	45	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Mariano Puerta
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 19, 1978
Age	19	26
Height	185	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	11
Ranking points (entering)	3,600	1,618
Elo (entering)	2,154	1,864
Career W-L	1,045–225	121–116
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$1,781,372

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 0 Mariano Puerta

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2005	SF	Roger Federer	6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2005	QF	David Ferrer	7-5 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2005	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	6-4 3-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2005	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2005	R64	Xavier Malisse	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2005	R128	Lars Burgsmuller	6-1 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2005	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 5-7 2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2005	QF	Guillermo Canas	6-2 3-6 1-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2005	R16	Jose Acasuso	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2005	R32	Stan Wawrinka	1-6 6-3 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2005	R64	Kristof Vliegen	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2005	R128	Ivan Ljubicic	7-5 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data