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Roger Federer #1 def. Rafael Nadal #31

2-6 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 28, 2005*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	2-6 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 6-3 6-1
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	3h 43m

Stat	Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal
Aces	9	4
Double faults	9	4
First serve %	60	64
First serve points won %	74	64
Second serve points won %	49	57
Break points saved %	44	46
Break points converted %	54	56
Service points won %	64	62
Return points won %	38	36
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal
Country	SUI	ESP
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jun 3, 1986
Age	23	18
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	31
Ranking points (entering)	6,050	1,065
Elo (entering)	2,343	1,944
Career W-L	1,206–267	1,045–225
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 0 – 1 Rafael Nadal

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2005	SF	Andre Agassi	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2005	QF	Tim Henman	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2005	R16	Mario Ancic	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2005	R32	Mariano Zabaleta	6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2005	R64	Olivier Rochus	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2005	SF	David Ferrer	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2005	QF	Thomas Johansson	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2005	R16	Ivan Ljubicic	6-4 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2005	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2005	R64	Rainer Schuettler	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data