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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Flavio Cipolla #227

6-2 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 31, 2007*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-1 6-4
Loser	Flavio Cipolla
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Flavio Cipolla
Aces	4	0
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	75	68
First serve points won %	78	48
Second serve points won %	33	46
Break points saved %	50	30
Break points converted %	70	50
Service points won %	67	48
Return points won %	52	33
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Flavio Cipolla
Country	ESP	ITA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Oct 20, 1983
Age	20	23
Height	185	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	227
Ranking points (entering)	5,225	171
Elo (entering)	2,213	1,570
Career W-L	1,045–225	35–66
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$1,632,927

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Flavio Cipolla

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2007	R128	Juan Martin del Potro	7-5 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2007	R32	Albert Montanes	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Flavio Cipolla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2007	R128	Teymuraz Gabashvili	7-6(6) 6-3 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2007	Q3	Benjamin Balleret	4-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2007	Q2	Marcel Granollers	2-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2007	Q1	Davide Sanguinetti	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data