Rafael Nadal #2 def. Roger Federer #3

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

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 6-7(5) 6-2 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 2012 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 28, 2012*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2012
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 3h 42m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	4	11
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	77	64
First serve points won %	69	66
Second serve points won %	62	55
Break points saved %	70	62
Break points converted %	38	30
Service points won %	67	62
Return points won %	38	33
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	25	30
Height	185 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	9,595	8,010
Elo (entering)	2,269	2,357
Current career W-L	1,056–228	1,219–272
Current career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #2 17 – 9 Roger Federer #3

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tomas Berdych #7	6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 2012	QF
Feliciano Lopez #19	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2012	R16
Lukas Lacko #119	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2012	R32
Tommy Haas #190	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2012	R64
Alex Kuznetsov #167	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 2012	R128

Rafael Nadal's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Novak Djokovic #1	7-5 4-6 2-6 7-6(5) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 2012	F

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Juan Martin del Potro #11	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 2012	QF
Bernard Tomic #38	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2012	R16
Ivo Karlovic #57	7-6(6) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2012	R32
Andreas Beck #93	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2012	R64
Alexander Kudryavtsev #172	7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 2012	R128