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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Fabio Fognini #17

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 2021*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Fabio Fognini
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Fabio Fognini
Aces	6	7
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	60	56
First serve points won %	77	64
Second serve points won %	69	41
Break points saved %	67	68
Break points converted %	32	33
Service points won %	74	54
Return points won %	46	26
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fabio Fognini
Country	ESP	ITA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 24, 1987
Age	34	33
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	17
Ranking points (entering)	9,850	2,535
Elo (entering)	2,305	1,864
Career W-L	1,045–225	398–382
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$19,086,549

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 12 – 4 Fabio Fognini

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2021	R32	Cameron Norrie	7-5 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Michael Mmoh	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Laslo Djere	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2021	QF	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6-3 6-2 6-7(4) 4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Fabio Fognini's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2021	R32	Alex de Minaur	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Salvatore Caruso	4-6 6-2 2-6 6-3 7-6(12)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data