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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Novak Djokovic #1

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 22, 2012*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	1h 19m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Aces	3	0
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	68	62
First serve points won %	85	40
Second serve points won %	50	56
Break points saved %	0	38
Break points converted %	62	100
Service points won %	74	46
Return points won %	54	26
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Country	ESP	SRB
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 22, 1987
Age	25	24
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	9,215	12,670
Elo (entering)	2,294	2,407
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,122–223
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 14 – 14 Novak Djokovic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2012	SF	Gilles Simon	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2012	QF	Stan Wawrinka	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2012	R16	Mikhail Kukushkin	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2012	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2012	SF	Tomas Berdych	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2012	QF	Robin Haase	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2012	R16	Alexandr Dolgopolov	2-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2012	R32	Andreas Seppi	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data