R32 Australian Open 2012

Rafael Nadal #2 def. Lukas Lacko #119

6-2 6-4 6-2

Rafael Nadal defeated Lukas Lacko 6-2 6-4 6-2 in the 2012 Australian Open third round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 22, 2012*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2012
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R32
Duration: 1h 55m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Lukas Lacko
Aces	2	8
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	81.0%	67.0%
First serve points won %	85.0%	60.0%
Second serve points won %	46.0%	42.0%
Break points saved %	80.0%	50.0%
Break points converted %	50.0%	20.0%
Service points won %	78.0%	54.0%
Return points won %	46.0%	22.0%
Total points won %	61.0%	39.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Lukas Lacko
Country	ESP	SVK
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Nov 3, 1987
Age	25	24
Height	185 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	119
Ranking points (entering)	9,595	491
Elo (entering)	2,242	1,760
Current career W-L	1,056–228	81–135
Current career earnings	$134,946,100	$3,602,283

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #2 2 – 0 Lukas Lacko #119

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tommy Haas #190	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2012	R64
Alex Kuznetsov #167	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 2012	R128

Rafael Nadal's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Feliciano Lopez #19	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2012	R16

Lukas Lacko's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Donald Young #42	6-3 6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2012	R64
Ivan Ljubicic #30	3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 2012	R128
Sergei Bubka #152	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2012	Q3
Aljaz Bedene #163	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2012	Q2
Jaroslav Pospisil #207	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2012	Q1