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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Mikhail Youzhny #17

6-3 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 1, 2008*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-3 6-1
Loser	Mikhail Youzhny
Duration	2h 11m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Mikhail Youzhny
Aces	3	4
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	70	63
First serve points won %	78	58
Second serve points won %	62	34
Break points saved %	75	62
Break points converted %	38	25
Service points won %	73	49
Return points won %	51	27
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Mikhail Youzhny
Country	ESP	RUS
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jun 25, 1982
Age	22	26
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	17
Ranking points (entering)	5,755	1,305
Elo (entering)	2,302	1,890
Career W-L	1,045–225	477–405
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$14,264,450

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 6 – 4 Mikhail Youzhny

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2008	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(3) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Ernests Gulbis	5-7 6-2 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Andreas Beck	6-4 6-4 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Andy Murray	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mikhail Youzhny's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2008	R32	Radek Stepanek	7-5 6-7(5) 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Stefano Galvani	4-6 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Sergio Roitman	6-1 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data