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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Stan Wawrinka #26

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 21, 2012*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Stan Wawrinka
Duration	1h 47m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Stan Wawrinka
Aces	4	5
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	74	53
First serve points won %	82	70
Second serve points won %	50	48
Break points saved %	50	57
Break points converted %	43	50
Service points won %	74	60
Return points won %	40	26
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Stan Wawrinka
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Mar 28, 1985
Age	25	27
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	26
Ranking points (entering)	9,215	1,290
Elo (entering)	2,286	1,963
Career W-L	1,045–225	564–371
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$38,463,397

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 7 – 0 Stan Wawrinka

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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 21, 2012	SF	Gilles Simon	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Wawrinka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2012	R16	Nicolas Almagro	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2012	R32	Pablo Andujar	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2012	R64	Feliciano Lopez	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data