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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Novak Djokovic #3

6-4 6-2 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-2 7-6(3)
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	2h 49m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Aces	0	2
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	72	54
First serve points won %	66	57
Second serve points won %	70	59
Break points saved %	67	64
Break points converted %	36	33
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Country	ESP	SRB
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 22, 1987
Age	22	21
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	5,585	5,225
Elo (entering)	2,226	2,182
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,122–223
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 7 – 3 Novak Djokovic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2008	QF	Nicolas Almagro	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2008	R16	Fernando Verdasco	6-1 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Nicolas Devilder	6-4 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Thomaz Bellucci	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 2008	F	Roger Federer	6-1 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2008	QF	Ernests Gulbis	7-5 7-6(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2008	R16	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Wayne Odesnik	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Denis Gremelmayr	4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data