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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Marin Cilic #23

6-3 3-6 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 2019*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 3-6 6-1 6-2
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	2h 49m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Marin Cilic
Aces	11	10
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	57	66
First serve points won %	83	59
Second serve points won %	48	46
Break points saved %	33	45
Break points converted %	55	67
Service points won %	68	54
Return points won %	46	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Marin Cilic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 28, 1988
Age	33	30
Height	185	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	23
Ranking points (entering)	7,945	1,590
Elo (entering)	2,354	1,954
Career W-L	1,045–225	572–344
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 6 – 2 Marin Cilic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2019	R32	Hyeon Chung	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2019	R64	Thanasi Kokkinakis	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2019	R128	John Millman	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2019	QF	Diego Schwartzman	6-4 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2019	R32	John Isner	7-5 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2019	R64	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	4-6 6-3 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2019	R128	Martin Klizan	6-3 6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data