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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #6

6-2 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 30, 2012*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 5-7 6-4
Loser	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Duration	2h 50m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Aces	0	7
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	64	56
First serve points won %	64	77
Second serve points won %	62	41
Break points saved %	80	67
Break points converted %	33	20
Service points won %	63	61
Return points won %	39	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 17, 1985
Age	25	26
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	6
Ranking points (entering)	10,175	4,535
Elo (entering)	2,289	2,148
Career W-L	1,045–225	445–228
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 5 – 3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2012	R16	Kei Nishikori	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2012	R32	Radek Stepanek	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2012	R64	Santiago Giraldo	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 2012	SF	Andy Murray	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2012	R16	Florian Mayer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2012	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2012	R64	Xavier Malisse	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data