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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Roger Federer #2

7-5 3-6 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 1, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 3-6 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	4h 19m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	4	11
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	64	52
First serve points won %	66	73
Second serve points won %	48	46
Break points saved %	68	56
Break points converted %	44	32
Service points won %	59	60
Return points won %	40	41
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	22	27
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	13,160	10,700
Elo (entering)	2,264	2,237
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 12 – 6 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2009	SF	Fernando Verdasco	6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(2) 6-7(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Gilles Simon	6-2 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Roko Karanusic	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Christophe Rochus	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2009	SF	Andy Roddick	6-2 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	6-3 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Tomas Berdych	4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Marat Safin	6-3 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Evgeny Korolev	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Andreas Seppi	6-1 7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data