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Rafael Nadal #17 def. Richard Gasquet #101

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

Match Information

Date	Apr 17, 2005*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-7(6) 6-4 6-3
Loser	Richard Gasquet
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Richard Gasquet
Aces	2	2
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	71	50
First serve points won %	56	54
Second serve points won %	48	47
Break points saved %	64	42
Break points converted %	58	36
Service points won %	54	50
Return points won %	50	46
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Richard Gasquet
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jun 18, 1986
Age	18	18
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	101
Ranking points (entering)	1,340	420
Elo (entering)	1,963	1,688
Career W-L	1,045–225	596–406
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$21,504,662

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Richard Gasquet

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2005	QF	Gaston Gaudio	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2005	R16	Olivier Rochus	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2005	R32	Xavier Malisse	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2005	R64	Gael Monfils	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2005	F	Guillermo Coria	6-3 6-1 0-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Gasquet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2005	QF	Roger Federer	6-7(1) 6-2 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2005	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	4-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2005	R32	Felix Mantilla	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2005	R64	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data