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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Gael Monfils #12

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 14, 2009*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gael Monfils
Aces	1	10
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	71	58
First serve points won %	78	70
Second serve points won %	44	41
Break points saved %	86	50
Break points converted %	50	14
Service points won %	68	58
Return points won %	42	32
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gael Monfils
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 1, 1986
Age	22	22
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	12
Ranking points (entering)	14,260	3,190
Elo (entering)	2,294	1,979
Career W-L	1,045–225	569–356
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 1 Gael Monfils

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2009	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-4 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2009	R16	Grigor Dimitrov	7-5 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 2009	R32	Simone Bolelli	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2009	F	Andy Murray	3-6 6-4 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2009	QF	Julien Benneteau	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2009	R16	Michael Llodra	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 2009	R32	Stephane Bohli	6-4 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data