Rafael Nadal #2 def. Mardy Fish #8

7-5 6-1

Rafael Nadal defeated Mardy Fish 7-5 6-1 in the 2011 Japan Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 8, 2011*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 2011
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 36m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Mardy Fish
Aces	2	5
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	58	59
First serve points won %	71	65
Second serve points won %	85	50
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	77	59
Return points won %	41	23
Total points won %	57	43

Player Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Mardy Fish
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Dec 9, 1981
Age	25	29
Height	185 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	10,575	2,820
Elo (entering)	2,329	2,105
Current career W-L	1,056–228	295–212
Current career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,460,641

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #2 6 – 1 Mardy Fish #8

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Santiago Giraldo #53	7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2011	QF
Milos Raonic #30	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2011	R16
Go Soeda #118	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2011	R32

Rafael Nadal's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andy Murray #4	6-3 2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2011	F

Mardy Fish's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bernard Tomic #58	6-7(5) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2011	QF
Ernests Gulbis #49	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2011	R16
Ryan Harrison #80	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2011	R32