SF Miami Open 2008

Rafael Nadal #2 def. Tomas Berdych #10

7-6(6) 6-2

Rafael Nadal defeated Tomas Berdych 7-6(6) 6-2 in the 2008 Miami Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 5, 2008*
Tournament: Miami Open
Edition: 2008
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 42m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Tomas Berdych
Aces	6	5
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	68.0%	55.0%
First serve points won %	77.0%	71.0%
Second serve points won %	70.0%	41.0%
Break points saved %	75.0%	40.0%
Break points converted %	60.0%	25.0%
Service points won %	75.0%	58.0%
Return points won %	42.0%	25.0%
Total points won %	58.0%	42.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Tomas Berdych
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 17, 1985
Age	21	22
Height	185 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	10
Ranking points (entering)	5,705	1,685
Elo (entering)	2,121	1,936
Current career W-L	1,056–228	599–324
Current career earnings	$134,946,100	$29,491,328

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #2 3 – 3 Tomas Berdych #10

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
James Blake #9	3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 4, 2008	QF
Paul-Henri Mathieu #16	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 3, 2008	R16
Nicolas Kiefer #51	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 1, 2008	R32
Benjamin Becker #108	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 30, 2008	R64

Rafael Nadal's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nikolay Davydenko #4	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 6, 2008	F

Tomas Berdych's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Igor Andreev #32	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 4, 2008	QF
Dmitry Tursunov #35	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 3, 2008	R16
Juan Carlos Ferrero #23	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 1, 2008	R32
Sam Querrey #50	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 30, 2008	R64