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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Gilles Simon #8

6-2 7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 7-5 7-5
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gilles Simon
Aces	5	4
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	67	55
First serve points won %	73	71
Second serve points won %	58	38
Break points saved %	57	42
Break points converted %	58	43
Service points won %	68	56
Return points won %	44	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gilles Simon
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Dec 27, 1984
Age	22	24
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	13,160	3,960
Elo (entering)	2,245	2,016
Career W-L	1,045–225	493–379
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 1 Gilles Simon

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Roko Karanusic	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Christophe Rochus	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2009	SF	Fernando Verdasco	6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(2) 6-7(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Gael Monfils	6-4 2-6 6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Mario Ancic	7-6(2) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Chris Guccione	6-7(5) 6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Pablo Andujar	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data