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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Roger Federer #1

6-1 6-3 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 6-3 6-0
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	0	2
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	75	69
First serve points won %	70	49
Second serve points won %	65	21
Break points saved %	75	53
Break points converted %	47	25
Service points won %	69	40
Return points won %	60	31
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	22	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	5,585	6,675
Elo (entering)	2,247	2,251
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 10 – 6 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2008	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-4 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2008	QF	Nicolas Almagro	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2008	R16	Fernando Verdasco	6-1 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Nicolas Devilder	6-4 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Thomaz Bellucci	7-5 6-3 6-1	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
Jun 7, 2008	SF	Gael Monfils	6-2 5-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2008	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	2-6 6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2008	R16	Julien Benneteau	6-4 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Mario Ancic	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Albert Montanes	6-7(5) 6-1 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Sam Querrey	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data