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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Grigor Dimitrov #8

6-3 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 7, 2017*
Tournament	Beijing
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 4-6 6-1
Loser	Grigor Dimitrov
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Grigor Dimitrov
Aces	1	10
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	68	64
First serve points won %	67	67
Second serve points won %	62	43
Break points saved %	83	62
Break points converted %	38	17
Service points won %	66	58
Return points won %	42	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Grigor Dimitrov
Country	ESP	BUL
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 16, 1991
Age	31	26
Height	185	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	9,465	3,575
Elo (entering)	2,316	2,072
Career W-L	1,045–225	476–310
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,866,006

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 8 – 1 Grigor Dimitrov

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2017	QF	John Isner	6-4 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2017	R16	Karen Khachanov	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2017	R32	Lucas Pouille	4-6 7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2017	F	Nick Kyrgios	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Grigor Dimitrov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2017	QF	Roberto Bautista Agut	7-6(5) 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2017	R16	Juan Martin del Potro	7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2017	R32	Damir Dzumhur	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data