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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Roger Federer #1

2-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 5, 2006*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	2-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	1	9
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	70	59
First serve points won %	68	80
Second serve points won %	54	57
Break points saved %	0	40
Break points converted %	60	100
Service points won %	64	71
Return points won %	29	36
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	19	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	4,455	6,725
Elo (entering)	2,144	2,372
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 1 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2006	SF	Rainer Schuettler	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2006	QF	Tim Henman	7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2006	R16	Younes El Aynaoui	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2006	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-7(5) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2006	SF	Mikhail Youzhny	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2006	QF	Robin Vik	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2006	R16	Mohammad Ghareeb	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2006	R32	Stan Wawrinka	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data