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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Jiri Novak #179

6-1 7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2006*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	2h 9m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Jiri Novak
Aces	6	9
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	60	67
First serve points won %	80	68
Second serve points won %	61	43
Break points saved %	50	64
Break points converted %	36	50
Service points won %	72	60
Return points won %	40	28
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Jiri Novak
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Mar 22, 1975
Age	20	31
Height	185	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	179
Ranking points (entering)	4,625	226
Elo (entering)	2,230	1,729
Career W-L	1,045–225	318–250
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Jiri Novak

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2006	R32	Wesley Moodie	6-4 7-6(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Luis Horna	6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2006	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	3-6 7-5 6-7(5) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2006	R32	Xavier Malisse	6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Paradorn Srichaphan	7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Arnaud Clement	7-5 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data