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Rafael Nadal #2 def. David Ferrer #6

7-6(1) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 29, 2012*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(1) 7-5
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	2h 40m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Aces	4	0
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	64	75
First serve points won %	62	54
Second serve points won %	55	48
Break points saved %	80	60
Break points converted %	40	20
Service points won %	59	53
Return points won %	47	41
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 2, 1982
Age	25	30
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	6
Ranking points (entering)	9,715	4,160
Elo (entering)	2,325	2,161
Career W-L	1,045–225	700–368
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 13 – 4 David Ferrer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2012	SF	Fernando Verdasco	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2012	QF	Janko Tipsarevic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2012	R16	Robert Farah	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2012	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2012	SF	Milos Raonic	7-6(2) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2012	QF	Feliciano Lopez	6-7(4) 7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2012	R16	Albert Montanes	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2012	R32	Filip Krajinovic	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data