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Rafael Nadal #31 def. David Ferrer #44

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 27, 2005*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Aces	0	3
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	69	65
First serve points won %	67	52
Second serve points won %	69	50
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	67	51
Return points won %	49	33
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 2, 1982
Age	18	22
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	31	44
Ranking points (entering)	1,065	825
Elo (entering)	1,936	1,747
Career W-L	1,045–225	700–368
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 1 David Ferrer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2005	QF	Thomas Johansson	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2005	R16	Ivan Ljubicic	6-4 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2005	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2005	R64	Rainer Schuettler	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2005	F	Roger Federer	6-2 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2005	QF	Dominik Hrbaty	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2005	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-7(7) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2005	R32	David Nalbandian	7-6(0) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2005	R64	Xavier Malisse	3-6 5-5 DEF	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2005	R128	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data