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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Roger Federer #3

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-7(5) 6-2 7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	3h 42m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	25	30
Height	185	185
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)	2,271	2,338
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 17 – 9 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

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

Rafael Nadal's next match

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

Roger Federer's path

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