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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Grigor Dimitrov #34

6-2 2-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 20, 2013*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 2-6 6-4
Loser	Grigor Dimitrov
Duration	2h 9m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Grigor Dimitrov
Aces	2	8
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	79	54
First serve points won %	65	79
Second serve points won %	44	45
Break points saved %	62	33
Break points converted %	67	38
Service points won %	61	63
Return points won %	37	39
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Grigor Dimitrov
Country	ESP	BUL
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 16, 1991
Age	26	21
Height	185	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	5	34
Ranking points (entering)	6,385	1,112
Elo (entering)	2,375	1,933
Career W-L	1,045–225	476–310
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,866,006

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Grigor Dimitrov

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2013	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2013	R32	Marinko Matosevic	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2013	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Grigor Dimitrov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2013	R16	Florian Mayer	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2013	R32	Janko Tipsarevic	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2013	R64	Xavier Malisse	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data