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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Grigor Dimitrov #14

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 17, 2014*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Grigor Dimitrov
Duration	1h 23m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Grigor Dimitrov
Aces	1	2
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	80	63
First serve points won %	66	59
Second serve points won %	73	24
Break points saved %	100	43
Break points converted %	57	0
Service points won %	67	46
Return points won %	54	33
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Grigor Dimitrov
Country	ESP	BUL
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 16, 1991
Age	27	23
Height	185	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	14
Ranking points (entering)	12,900	2,200
Elo (entering)	2,378	2,099
Career W-L	1,045–225	476–310
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,866,006

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 0 Grigor Dimitrov

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2014	QF	Andy Murray	1-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2014	R16	Mikhail Youzhny	6-7(4) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2014	R32	Gilles Simon	7-6(1) 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2014	F	Novak Djokovic	6-4 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Grigor Dimitrov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2014	QF	Tommy Haas	6-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2014	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-7(3) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2014	R32	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2014	R64	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data