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Rafael Nadal #3 def. David Ferrer #6

7-6(6) 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2012*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(6) 6-0
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Aces	2	2
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	69	72
First serve points won %	75	59
Second serve points won %	48	45
Break points saved %	90	64
Break points converted %	36	10
Service points won %	67	55
Return points won %	45	33
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 2, 1982
Age	25	30
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	6
Ranking points (entering)	9,105	4,460
Elo (entering)	2,321	2,184
Career W-L	1,045–225	700–368
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 14 – 4 David Ferrer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	QF	Tomas Berdych	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Marcel Granollers	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R32	Florian Mayer	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2012	F	Novak Djokovic	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	QF	Richard Gasquet	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Gilles Simon	6-0 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data