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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Novak Djokovic #3

7-6(2) 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 3, 2009*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(2) 6-2
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	2h 3m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Aces	0	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	71	59
First serve points won %	68	59
Second serve points won %	55	48
Break points saved %	50	20
Break points converted %	80	50
Service points won %	64	55
Return points won %	45	36
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)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	14,890	9,160
Elo (entering)	2,345	2,194
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,122–223
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 10 – 4 Novak Djokovic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	SF	Fernando Gonzalez	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	QF	Fernando Verdasco	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Robin Soderling	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Andreas Seppi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	SF	Roger Federer	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Albert Montanes	7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data