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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Novak Djokovic #18

7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2018*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Aces	1	4
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	60	71
First serve points won %	64	60
Second serve points won %	69	61
Break points saved %	67	40
Break points converted %	60	33
Service points won %	66	60
Return points won %	40	34
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Country	ESP	SRB
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 22, 1987
Age	31	30
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	18
Ranking points (entering)	7,950	1,905
Elo (entering)	2,288	2,168
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,122–223
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 22 – 26 Novak Djokovic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	QF	Fabio Fognini	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Denis Shapovalov	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R32	Damir Dzumhur	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2018	F	Alexander Zverev	6-1 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	QF	Kei Nishikori	2-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R32	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2018	R64	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data