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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Roger Federer #1

7-5 6-7(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 18, 2008*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 6-7(3) 6-3
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 52m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	3	7
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	76	61
First serve points won %	66	67
Second serve points won %	33	35
Break points saved %	43	65
Break points converted %	35	57
Service points won %	58	54
Return points won %	46	42
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	21	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	5,435	6,825
Elo (entering)	2,187	2,238
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 9 – 6 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2008	SF	Novak Djokovic	7-5 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2008	QF	Carlos Moya	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2008	R16	Andy Murray	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2008	R32	Potito Starace	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2008	SF	Andreas Seppi	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2008	QF	Fernando Verdasco	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2008	R16	Robin Soderling	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2008	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data