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Gilles Simon #16 def. Rafael Nadal #1

3-6 7-5 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Oct 18, 2008*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Gilles Simon
Score	3-6 7-5 7-6(6)
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	3h 23m

Stat	Gilles Simon	Rafael Nadal
Aces	3	2
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	61	62
First serve points won %	63	65
Second serve points won %	49	59
Break points saved %	77	50
Break points converted %	50	23
Service points won %	58	63
Return points won %	37	42
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gilles Simon	Rafael Nadal
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Dec 27, 1984	Jun 3, 1986
Age	23	22
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,390	7,000
Elo (entering)	1,943	2,306
Career W-L	493–379	1,045–225
Career earnings	$16,045,734	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Gilles Simon 0 – 2 Rafael Nadal

Path

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2008	QF	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(1) 4-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2008	R16	Robby Ginepri	6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2008	R32	James Blake	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2008	R64	Igor Andreev	4-6 6-1 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2008	F	Andy Murray	4-6 6-7(6)	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2008	QF	Feliciano Lopez	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2008	R16	Richard Gasquet	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2008	R32	Ernests Gulbis	7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data