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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Denis Kudla #100

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 23, 2022*
Tournament	Acapulco
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Denis Kudla
Duration	1h 16m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Denis Kudla
Aces	8	4
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	68	62
First serve points won %	96	69
Second serve points won %	77	33
Break points saved %	—	40
Break points converted %	60	—
Service points won %	90	55
Return points won %	45	10
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Denis Kudla
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 17, 1992
Age	35	29
Height	185	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	5	100
Ranking points (entering)	6,515	659
Elo (entering)	2,332	1,626
Career W-L	1,045–225	71–131
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$4,712,965

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Denis Kudla

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2022	R16	Stefan Kozlov	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Kudla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2022	Q1	Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez	4-6 6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data