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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Gael Monfils #35

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 14, 2006*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gael Monfils
Aces	0	0
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	76	54
First serve points won %	62	52
Second serve points won %	58	33
Break points saved %	67	29
Break points converted %	71	33
Service points won %	61	43
Return points won %	57	39
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gael Monfils
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 1, 1986
Age	19	19
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	35
Ranking points (entering)	4,135	904
Elo (entering)	2,213	1,768
Career W-L	1,045–225	569–356
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Gael Monfils

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Tim Henman	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Filippo Volandri	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Carlos Moya	6-1 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2006	F	Roger Federer	6-7(0) 7-6(5) 6-4 2-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	QF	Andy Roddick	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Fabrice Santoro	7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Robby Ginepri	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Tommy Haas	6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data