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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Andy Murray #16

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2007*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-7(3) 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-1
Loser	Andy Murray
Duration	3h 51m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Andy Murray
Aces	5	15
Double faults	1	9
First serve %	73	52
First serve points won %	69	74
Second serve points won %	55	43
Break points saved %	82	56
Break points converted %	44	18
Service points won %	65	59
Return points won %	41	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Andy Murray
Country	ESP	GBR
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 15, 1987
Age	20	19
Height	185	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	16
Ranking points (entering)	4,525	1,505
Elo (entering)	2,092	1,929
Career W-L	1,045–225	703–264
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$64,687,542

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Andy Murray

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2007	R32	Stan Wawrinka	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2007	R64	Philipp Kohlschreiber	7-5 6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2007	R128	Robert Kendrick	7-6(6) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2007	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	2-6 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2007	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2007	R64	Fernando Verdasco	7-6(4) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2007	R128	Alberto Martin	6-0 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data