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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Grigor Dimitrov #22

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2014*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(7) 6-2
Loser	Grigor Dimitrov
Duration	3h 37m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Grigor Dimitrov
Aces	3	18
Double faults	7	5
First serve %	73	58
First serve points won %	73	71
Second serve points won %	67	49
Break points saved %	50	64
Break points converted %	36	50
Service points won %	71	62
Return points won %	38	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Grigor Dimitrov
Country	ESP	BUL
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 16, 1991
Age	27	22
Height	185	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	22
Ranking points (entering)	13,130	1,460
Elo (entering)	2,451	2,018
Career W-L	1,045–225	476–310
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,866,006

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 0 Grigor Dimitrov

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2014	R16	Kei Nishikori	7-6(3) 7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2014	R32	Gael Monfils	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2014	R64	Thanasi Kokkinakis	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2014	R128	Bernard Tomic	6-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2014	SF	Roger Federer	7-6(4) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Grigor Dimitrov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2014	R16	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-3 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2014	R32	Milos Raonic	6-3 3-6 6-4 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2014	R64	Yen-Hsun Lu	6-3 6-3 7-6(11)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2014	R128	Bradley Klahn	6-7(7) 6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data