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Alexander Zverev #6 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 8, 2021*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Alexander Zverev
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Alexander Zverev	Rafael Nadal
Aces	4	0
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	62	64
First serve points won %	82	62
Second serve points won %	43	50
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Zverev	Rafael Nadal
Country	GER	ESP
Birth date	Apr 20, 1997	Jun 3, 1986
Age	24	34
Height	198	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	2
Ranking points (entering)	6,125	9,810
Elo (entering)	2,085	2,286
Career W-L	528–215	1,045–225
Career earnings	$66,017,932	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Zverev 2 – 4 Rafael Nadal

Path

Alexander Zverev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2021	R16	Daniel Evans	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2021	R32	Kei Nishikori	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Zverev's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2021	SF	Dominic Thiem	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2021	R16	Alexei Popyrin	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2021	R32	Carlos Alcaraz	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data