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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Juan Martin del Potro #21

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

Match Information

Date	Jun 28, 2011*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	3h 52m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	13	11
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	73	70
First serve points won %	79	76
Second serve points won %	54	50
Break points saved %	67	80
Break points converted %	20	33
Service points won %	72	68
Return points won %	32	28
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 23, 1988
Age	25	22
Height	185	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	21
Ranking points (entering)	12,070	1,445
Elo (entering)	2,353	2,148
Career W-L	1,045–225	416–172
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 6 – 3 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2011	R32	Gilles Muller	7-6(6) 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 2011	R64	Ryan Sweeting	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2011	R128	Michael Russell	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2011	QF	Mardy Fish	6-3 6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2011	R32	Gilles Simon	7-6(8) 7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 2011	R64	Olivier Rochus	6-7(7) 6-1 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2011	R128	Flavio Cipolla	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data