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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Reilly Opelka #47

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 15, 2021*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Reilly Opelka
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Reilly Opelka
Aces	5	11
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	75	52
First serve points won %	84	84
Second serve points won %	57	52
Break points saved %	100	71
Break points converted %	29	0
Service points won %	77	69
Return points won %	31	23
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Reilly Opelka
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 28, 1997
Age	34	23
Height	185	211
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	47
Ranking points (entering)	9,630	1,382
Elo (entering)	2,281	1,825
Career W-L	1,045–225	124–119
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$6,150,025

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Reilly Opelka

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2021	QF	Alexander Zverev	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2021	R16	Denis Shapovalov	3-6 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2021	R32	Jannik Sinner	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2021	F	Novak Djokovic	7-5 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Reilly Opelka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2021	QF	Federico Delbonis	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2021	R16	Aslan Karatsev	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2021	R32	Lorenzo Musetti	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2021	R64	Richard Gasquet	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data