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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #38 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-2 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Score	6-2 6-3 6-2
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Rafael Nadal
Aces	18	2
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	63	69
First serve points won %	85	56
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	100	29
Break points converted %	71	0
Service points won %	75	54
Return points won %	46	25
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Rafael Nadal
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Apr 17, 1985	Jun 3, 1986
Age	22	21
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	38	2
Ranking points (entering)	789	5,780
Elo (entering)	1,901	2,164
Career W-L	445–228	1,045–225
Career earnings	$22,524,073	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0 – 1 Rafael Nadal

Path

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	7-5 6-0 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Richard Gasquet	6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Sam Warburg	6-4 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Andy Murray	7-5 6-4 0-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2008	F	Novak Djokovic	6-4 4-6 3-6 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	Jarkko Nieminen	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-4 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Gilles Simon	7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Florent Serra	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Viktor Troicki	7-6(3) 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data