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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Novak Djokovic #3

7-5 2-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 17, 2008*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 2-6 6-2
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	3h 3m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Aces	3	0
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	75	65
First serve points won %	57	58
Second serve points won %	50	45
Break points saved %	79	44
Break points converted %	56	21
Service points won %	55	54
Return points won %	46	45
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Country	ESP	SRB
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 22, 1987
Age	21	20
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	5,435	5,125
Elo (entering)	2,171	2,178
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,122–223
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 6 – 3 Novak Djokovic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2008	QF	Carlos Moya	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2008	R16	Andy Murray	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2008	R32	Potito Starace	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2008	F	Roger Federer	7-5 6-7(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2008	QF	Albert Montanes	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2008	R16	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2008	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data