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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-2 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 2011*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-2 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	4h 10m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Aces	7	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	66	68
First serve points won %	65	52
Second serve points won %	44	42
Break points saved %	57	56
Break points converted %	44	43
Service points won %	58	49
Return points won %	51	42
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Jun 3, 1986
Age	24	25
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	13,920	11,420
Elo (entering)	2,448	2,345
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,045–225
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 12 – 14 Rafael Nadal

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2011	SF	Roger Federer	6-7(7) 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2011	QF	Janko Tipsarevic	7-6(2) 6-7(3) 6-0 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2011	R16	Alexandr Dolgopolov	7-6(14) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Carlos Berlocq	6-0 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Conor Niland	6-0 5-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2011	SF	Andy Murray	6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2011	QF	Andy Roddick	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2011	R16	Gilles Muller	7-6(1) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	David Nalbandian	7-6(5) 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Nicolas Mahut	6-2 6-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Andrey Golubev	6-3 7-6(1) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data