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Rafael Nadal #5 def. David Ferrer #4

6-4 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 18, 2013*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 4-6 6-2
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	2h 46m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Aces	1	1
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	70	66
First serve points won %	66	59
Second serve points won %	34	47
Break points saved %	81	50
Break points converted %	50	19
Service points won %	57	55
Return points won %	45	43
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 2, 1982
Age	26	31
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	4
Ranking points (entering)	6,895	6,920
Elo (entering)	2,402	2,207
Career W-L	1,045–225	700–368
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 18 – 4 David Ferrer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2013	R16	Ernests Gulbis	1-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2013	R32	Fabio Fognini	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2013	SF	Tomas Berdych	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2013	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2013	R32	Fernando Verdasco	5-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data