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Roger Federer #17 def. Rafael Nadal #9

6-4 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2017*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-4 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	3h 37m

Stat	Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal
Aces	20	4
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	62	73
First serve points won %	76	63
Second serve points won %	49	56
Break points saved %	76	70
Break points converted %	30	24
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal
Country	SUI	ESP
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jun 3, 1986
Age	35	30
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	9
Ranking points (entering)	1,980	3,195
Elo (entering)	2,337	2,217
Career W-L	1,206–267	1,045–225
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 11 – 23 Rafael Nadal

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2017	SF	Stan Wawrinka	7-5 6-3 1-6 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2017	QF	Mischa Zverev	6-1 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2017	R16	Kei Nishikori	6-7(4) 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2017	R32	Tomas Berdych	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2017	R64	Noah Rubin	7-5 6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2017	R128	Jurgen Melzer	7-5 3-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2017	SF	Grigor Dimitrov	6-3 5-7 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2017	QF	Milos Raonic	6-4 7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2017	R16	Gael Monfils	6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2017	R32	Alexander Zverev	4-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2017	R64	Marcos Baghdatis	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2017	R128	Florian Mayer	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data