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David Ferrer #15 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-7(3) 6-4 7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 2007*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	David Ferrer
Score	6-7(3) 6-4 7-6(4) 6-2
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	3h 26m

Stat	David Ferrer	Rafael Nadal
Aces	5	2
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	67	70
First serve points won %	70	65
Second serve points won %	61	43
Break points saved %	33	50
Break points converted %	50	67
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Ferrer	Rafael Nadal
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Apr 2, 1982	Jun 3, 1986
Age	25	21
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,565	5,485
Elo (entering)	1,938	2,232
Career W-L	700–368	1,045–225
Career earnings	$31,483,911	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

David Ferrer 1 – 4 Rafael Nadal

Path

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2007	R32	David Nalbandian	6-3 3-6 4-6 7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2007	R64	Florent Serra	4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2007	R128	Florian Mayer	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2007	QF	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-2 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2007	R32	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7-6(3) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2007	R64	Janko Tipsarevic	6-2 6-3 3-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2007	R128	Alun Jones	7-5 3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data