Rafael Nadal #2 def. Marcos Baghdatis #16

6-1 7-5 6-3

Rafael Nadal defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6-1 7-5 6-3 in the 2006 Wimbledon semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 9, 2006*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 2006
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 27m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Marcos Baghdatis
Aces	4	3
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	73	55
First serve points won %	69	65
Second serve points won %	57	48
Break points saved %	100	55
Break points converted %	45	0
Service points won %	66	57
Return points won %	43	34
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Marcos Baghdatis
Country	ESP	CYP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jun 17, 1985
Age	20	21
Height	185 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	16
Ranking points (entering)	4,545	1,494
Elo (entering)	2,291	1,902
Current career W-L	1,056–228	327–274
Current career earnings	$134,946,100	$8,918,917

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #2 1 – 0 Marcos Baghdatis #16

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jarkko Nieminen #18	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 2006	QF
Irakli Labadze #166	6-3 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 2006	R16
Andre Agassi #20	7-6(5) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 2006	R32
Robert Kendrick #237	6-7(4) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 2006	R64
Alex Bogdanovic #135	6-4 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2006	R128

Rafael Nadal's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Federer #1	0-6 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 10, 2006	F

Marcos Baghdatis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lleyton Hewitt #9	6-1 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 2006	QF
Andy Murray #44	6-3 6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 2006	R16
Sebastien Grosjean #26	4-6 6-4 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 2006	R32
Andrei Pavel #79	3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 2006	R64
Alan Mackin #367	6-4 6-7(4) 6-7(4) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2006	R128