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Juan Carlos Ferrero #23 def. Rafael Nadal #2

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 8, 2008*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 54m

Stat	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Rafael Nadal
Aces	3	1
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	58	60
First serve points won %	71	64
Second serve points won %	67	55
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	69	60
Return points won %	40	31
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Rafael Nadal
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Feb 12, 1980	Jun 3, 1986
Age	28	21
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	23	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,240	5,930
Elo (entering)	1,872	2,185
Career W-L	457–254	1,045–225
Career earnings	$13,998,165	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Juan Carlos Ferrero 1 – 6 Rafael Nadal

Path

Juan Carlos Ferrero's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2008	R64	Nicolas Kiefer	6-7(5) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Carlos Ferrero's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2008	R16	Stan Wawrinka	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

No prior matches in this tournament.