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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #63

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 14, 2005*
Tournament	Canada Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration	1h 50m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	4	5
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	68	50
First serve points won %	77	61
Second serve points won %	43	58
Break points saved %	80	25
Break points converted %	75	20
Service points won %	66	60
Return points won %	40	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jan 12, 1982
Age	19	23
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	63
Ranking points (entering)	4,030	598
Elo (entering)	2,151	1,753
Career W-L	1,045–225	268–297
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2005	QF	Mariano Puerta	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2005	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2005	R32	Ricardo Mello	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2005	R64	Carlos Moya	6-3 6-7(0) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2005	F	Andre Agassi	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2005	QF	Karol Beck	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2005	R16	Olivier Rochus	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2005	R32	Arnaud Clement	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2005	R64	Andy Roddick	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data