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Andy Murray #6 def. Rafael Nadal #1

6-2 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	6-2 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	3h 31m

Stat	Andy Murray	Rafael Nadal
Aces	21	7
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	65	72
First serve points won %	79	59
Second serve points won %	63	55
Break points saved %	33	80
Break points converted %	20	67
Service points won %	73	58
Return points won %	42	27
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Rafael Nadal
Country	GBR	ESP
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Jun 3, 1986
Age	21	22
Height	191	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,415	6,700
Elo (entering)	2,129	2,337
Career W-L	703–264	1,045–225
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 0 – 5 Rafael Nadal

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2008	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	7-6(2) 7-6(1) 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Stan Wawrinka	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Jurgen Melzer	6-7(5) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Michael Llodra	6-4 1-6 7-5 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Sergio Roitman	6-3 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2008	F	Roger Federer	2-6 5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2008	QF	Mardy Fish	3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Sam Querrey	6-2 5-7 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Viktor Troicki	6-4 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Ryler DeHeart	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Bjorn Phau	7-6(4) 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data