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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Nicolas Almagro #57

7-6(2) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 29, 2006*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(2) 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Almagro
Duration	1h 40m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Nicolas Almagro
Aces	5	7
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	71	47
First serve points won %	79	79
Second serve points won %	50	45
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	71	61
Return points won %	39	29
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Nicolas Almagro
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 21, 1985
Age	19	20
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	57
Ranking points (entering)	4,335	669
Elo (entering)	2,193	1,763
Career W-L	1,045–225	385–272
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,752,234

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Nicolas Almagro

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2006	QF	Jarkko Nieminen	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2006	R16	Ivan Navarro	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2006	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2006	F	Tommy Robredo	6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2006	QF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2006	R16	Guillermo Coria	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2006	R32	Gael Monfils	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2006	R64	Andrei Pavel	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data