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Rafael Nadal #7 def. Guillermo Canas #13

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 7, 2005*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Guillermo Canas
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Guillermo Canas
Aces	1	1
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	80	61
First serve points won %	78	45
Second serve points won %	56	55
Break points saved %	—	56
Break points converted %	44	—
Service points won %	73	49
Return points won %	51	27
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Guillermo Canas
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Nov 25, 1977
Age	18	27
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	13
Ranking points (entering)	2,100	1,675
Elo (entering)	2,040	1,885
Career W-L	1,045–225	244–188
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$5,285,575

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Guillermo Canas

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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	QF	Radek Stepanek	5-7 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Guillermo Canas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2005	R32	Juan Monaco	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2005	R64	Andrei Pavel	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data