QF Australian Open 2014

Rafael Nadal #1 def. Grigor Dimitrov #22

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

Rafael Nadal defeated Grigor Dimitrov 3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(7) 6-2 in the 2014 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 23, 2014*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2014
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 3h 37m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Grigor Dimitrov
Aces	3	18
Double faults	7	5
First serve %	73.0%	58.0%
First serve points won %	73.0%	71.0%
Second serve points won %	67.0%	49.0%
Break points saved %	50.0%	64.0%
Break points converted %	36.0%	50.0%
Service points won %	71.0%	62.0%
Return points won %	38.0%	29.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Grigor Dimitrov
Country	ESP	BUL
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 16, 1991
Age	27	22
Height	185 cm	191 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	22
Ranking points (entering)	13,130	1,460
Elo (entering)	2,453	2,021
Current career W-L	1,056–228	477–314
Current career earnings	$134,946,100	$32,298,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #1 3 – 0 Grigor Dimitrov #22

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kei Nishikori #17	7-6(3) 7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2014	R16
Gael Monfils #32	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2014	R32
Thanasi Kokkinakis #570	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2014	R64
Bernard Tomic #57	6-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 2014	R128

Rafael Nadal's next match

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

Grigor Dimitrov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roberto Bautista Agut #62	6-3 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2014	R16
Milos Raonic #11	6-3 3-6 6-4 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2014	R32
Yen-Hsun Lu #53	6-3 6-3 7-6(11)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2014	R64
Bradley Klahn #93	6-7(7) 6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 2014	R128