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Rafael Nadal #7 def. Radek Stepanek #17

5-7 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 8, 2005*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	5-7 6-1 6-1
Loser	Radek Stepanek
Duration	2h 9m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Radek Stepanek
Aces	0	2
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	74	62
First serve points won %	72	59
Second serve points won %	50	42
Break points saved %	50	45
Break points converted %	55	50
Service points won %	67	52
Return points won %	48	33
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Radek Stepanek
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Nov 27, 1978
Age	18	26
Height	185	186
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	17
Ranking points (entering)	2,100	1,330
Elo (entering)	2,049	1,854
Career W-L	1,045–225	366–283
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$11,343,464

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Radek Stepanek

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2005	R16	Guillermo Canas	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2005	R32	Victor Hanescu	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2005	R64	Mikhail Youzhny	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2005	SF	David Ferrer	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Radek Stepanek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2005	R16	Nicolas Almagro	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2005	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2005	R64	Mario Ancic	6-1 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data