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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Lukas Lacko #119

6-2 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-4 6-2
Loser	Lukas Lacko
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Lukas Lacko
Aces	2	8
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	81	67
First serve points won %	85	60
Second serve points won %	46	42
Break points saved %	80	50
Break points converted %	50	20
Service points won %	78	54
Return points won %	46	22
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Lukas Lacko
Country	ESP	SVK
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Nov 3, 1987
Age	25	24
Height	185	185
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)	2,244	1,759
Career W-L	1,045–225	81–133
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$3,602,283

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 0 Lukas Lacko

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

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

Rafael Nadal's next match

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

Lukas Lacko's path

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