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Novak Djokovic #4 def. Rafael Nadal #3

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 22, 2009*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Aces	5	1
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	65	62
First serve points won %	75	60
Second serve points won %	58	48
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	69	55
Return points won %	45	31
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Jun 3, 1986
Age	22	23
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	3
Ranking points (entering)	7,150	8,665
Elo (entering)	2,138	2,297
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,045–225
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 4 – 12 Rafael Nadal

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2009	QF	Gilles Simon	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2009	R16	Jeremy Chardy	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2009	R32	Ivan Ljubicic	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 2009	F	Roger Federer	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2009	QF	Tomas Berdych	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2009	R16	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2009	R32	Andreas Seppi	7-6(4) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data