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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Gilles Simon #15

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 21, 2012*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gilles Simon
Aces	3	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	57	57
First serve points won %	73	72
Second serve points won %	68	50
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	71	62
Return points won %	38	29
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gilles Simon
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Dec 27, 1984
Age	25	27
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	15
Ranking points (entering)	9,215	1,980
Elo (entering)	2,290	1,950
Career W-L	1,045–225	493–379
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 1 Gilles Simon

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2012	QF	Stan Wawrinka	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2012	R16	Mikhail Kukushkin	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2012	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2012	F	Novak Djokovic	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2012	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2012	R16	Janko Tipsarevic	6-0 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2012	R32	Frederico Gil	6-3 6-0	W	—	Match data
Apr 17, 2012	R64	Benjamin Balleret	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data