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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Grigor Dimitrov #5

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 21, 2018*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Grigor Dimitrov
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Grigor Dimitrov
Aces	0	2
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	66	63
First serve points won %	63	61
Second serve points won %	72	26
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	66	48
Return points won %	52	34
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Grigor Dimitrov
Country	ESP	BUL
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 16, 1991
Age	31	26
Height	185	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	8,770	4,635
Elo (entering)	2,269	2,098
Career W-L	1,045–225	476–310
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,866,006

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 10 – 1 Grigor Dimitrov

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2018	QF	Dominic Thiem	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2018	R16	Karen Khachanov	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2018	R32	Aljaz Bedene	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2018	F	Kei Nishikori	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Grigor Dimitrov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2018	QF	David Goffin	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2018	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2018	R32	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data