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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Andy Murray #4

6-2 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 2009*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 7-6(4)
Loser	Andy Murray
Duration	2h 9m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Andy Murray
Aces	0	1
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	62	50
First serve points won %	68	65
Second serve points won %	56	38
Break points saved %	50	56
Break points converted %	44	50
Service points won %	63	51
Return points won %	49	37
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Andy Murray
Country	ESP	GBR
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 15, 1987
Age	22	21
Height	185	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	14,470	8,840
Elo (entering)	2,296	2,260
Career W-L	1,045–225	703–264
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$64,687,542

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 6 – 2 Andy Murray

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2009	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2009	R16	Nicolas Lapentti	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2009	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2009	F	Novak Djokovic	6-3 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2009	QF	Nikolay Davydenko	7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2009	R16	Fabio Fognini	7-6(11) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2009	R32	Victor Hanescu	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data