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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Gaston Gaudio #8

5-7 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 23, 2006*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	5-7 6-1 6-1
Loser	Gaston Gaudio
Duration	2h 39m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gaston Gaudio
Aces	0	0
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	65	56
First serve points won %	67	56
Second serve points won %	54	38
Break points saved %	62	65
Break points converted %	35	38
Service points won %	62	48
Return points won %	52	38
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gaston Gaudio
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Dec 9, 1978
Age	19	27
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	4,135	1,865
Elo (entering)	2,144	1,832
Career W-L	1,045–225	253–188
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$6,066,156

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 3 Gaston Gaudio

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2006	QF	Guillermo Coria	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2006	R16	Kristof Vliegen	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2006	R32	Jean-Rene Lisnard	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2006	R64	Arnaud Clement	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2006	F	Roger Federer	6-2 6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Gaston Gaudio's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2006	QF	Tommy Robredo	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2006	R16	Alessio Di Mauro	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2006	R32	Jose Acasuso	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2006	R64	Tim Henman	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data