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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Kevin Anderson #32

6-3 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 2017*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-3 6-4
Loser	Kevin Anderson
Duration	2h 27m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Kevin Anderson
Aces	1	10
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	62	59
First serve points won %	84	73
Second serve points won %	70	36
Break points saved %	—	56
Break points converted %	44	—
Service points won %	79	58
Return points won %	42	21
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Kevin Anderson
Country	ESP	RSA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 18, 1986
Age	31	31
Height	185	203
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	32
Ranking points (entering)	7,645	1,360
Elo (entering)	2,296	2,086
Career W-L	1,045–225	347–251
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$17,791,917

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 0 Kevin Anderson

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2017	SF	Juan Martin del Potro	4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2017	QF	Andrey Rublev	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2017	R16	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2017	R32	Leonardo Mayer	6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2017	R64	Taro Daniel	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2017	R128	Dusan Lajovic	7-6(6) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Kevin Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2017	SF	Pablo Carreno Busta	4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2017	QF	Sam Querrey	7-6(5) 6-7(9) 6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2017	R16	Paolo Lorenzi	6-4 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2017	R32	Borna Coric	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2017	R64	Ernests Gulbis	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2017	R128	JC Aragone	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data