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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #37

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 3, 2008*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Juan Ignacio Chela
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Juan Ignacio Chela
Aces	0	0
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	67	63
First serve points won %	79	52
Second serve points won %	35	58
Break points saved %	0	64
Break points converted %	36	100
Service points won %	65	54
Return points won %	46	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 30, 1979
Age	21	28
Height	185	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	37
Ranking points (entering)	5,655	875
Elo (entering)	2,171	1,748
Career W-L	1,045–225	306–268
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 1 Juan Ignacio Chela

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2008	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2008	R32	Potito Starace	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2008	SF	Denis Gremelmayr	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2008	R16	Ernests Gulbis	2-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2008	R32	Marc Lopez	5-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2008	R64	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-7(2) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data