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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Roger Federer #1

6-4 6-4 6-7(5) 6-7(8) 9-7

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 2008*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-4 6-7(5) 6-7(8) 9-7
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	4h 48m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	6	25
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	73	65
First serve points won %	69	72
Second serve points won %	59	57
Break points saved %	92	69
Break points converted %	31	8
Service points won %	67	67
Return points won %	33	33
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	22	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	5,755	6,900
Elo (entering)	2,315	2,271
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 11 – 6 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2008	SF	Rainer Schuettler	6-1 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Andy Murray	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Mikhail Youzhny	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2008	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(3) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Ernests Gulbis	5-7 6-2 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Andreas Beck	6-4 6-4 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2008	SF	Marat Safin	6-3 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Mario Ancic	6-1 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	7-6(7) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2008	R32	Marc Gicquel	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Robin Soderling	6-3 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Dominik Hrbaty	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data