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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Juan Martin del Potro #28

4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 2017*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	2h 30m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	5	7
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	72	66
First serve points won %	77	71
Second serve points won %	72	28
Break points saved %	50	54
Break points converted %	46	50
Service points won %	76	57
Return points won %	43	24
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 23, 1988
Age	31	28
Height	185	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	28
Ranking points (entering)	7,645	1,460
Elo (entering)	2,282	2,132
Career W-L	1,045–225	416–172
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 8 – 4 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2017	QF	Andrey Rublev	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2017	R16	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2017	R32	Leonardo Mayer	6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2017	R64	Taro Daniel	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2017	R128	Dusan Lajovic	7-6(6) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2017	F	Kevin Anderson	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2017	QF	Roger Federer	7-5 3-6 7-6(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2017	R16	Dominic Thiem	1-6 2-6 6-1 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2017	R32	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2017	R64	Adrian Menendez Maceiras	6-2 6-3 7-6(3)	W	—	Match data
Aug 30, 2017	R128	Henri Laaksonen	6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data