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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Gilles Simon #14

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 19, 2015*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	1h 19m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gilles Simon
Aces	4	5
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	70	48
First serve points won %	73	55
Second serve points won %	57	47
Break points saved %	50	55
Break points converted %	45	50
Service points won %	68	51
Return points won %	49	32
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gilles Simon
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Dec 27, 1984
Age	28	30
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	14
Ranking points (entering)	5,675	2,050
Elo (entering)	2,215	2,022
Career W-L	1,045–225	493–379
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 6 – 1 Gilles Simon

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2015	R32	Donald Young	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2015	R64	Igor Sijsling	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2015	QF	Milos Raonic	6-4 6-7(10) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2015	R32	Michael Berrer	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2015	R64	Malek Jaziri	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data