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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Tomas Berdych #6

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 18, 2013*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Tomas Berdych
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Tomas Berdych
Aces	0	5
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	78	62
First serve points won %	77	60
Second serve points won %	100	56
Break points saved %	100	25
Break points converted %	75	0
Service points won %	82	58
Return points won %	42	18
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Tomas Berdych
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 17, 1985
Age	26	27
Height	185	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	6
Ranking points (entering)	6,895	4,520
Elo (entering)	2,410	2,183
Career W-L	1,045–225	594–321
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$29,491,328

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 12 – 3 Tomas Berdych

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2013	QF	David Ferrer	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2013	R16	Ernests Gulbis	1-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2013	R32	Fabio Fognini	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2013	F	Roger Federer	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tomas Berdych's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2013	QF	Novak Djokovic	2-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2013	R16	Kevin Anderson	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2013	R32	Denis Istomin	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data