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Nikolay Davydenko #22 def. Rafael Nadal #1

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 2011*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nikolay Davydenko
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Rafael Nadal
Aces	5	1
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	66	67
First serve points won %	70	49
Second serve points won %	47	42
Break points saved %	78	50
Break points converted %	50	22
Service points won %	62	47
Return points won %	53	38
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikolay Davydenko	Rafael Nadal
Country	RUS	ESP
Birth date	Jun 2, 1981	Jun 3, 1986
Age	29	24
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,655	12,450
Elo (entering)	1,934	2,295
Career W-L	467–324	1,045–225
Career earnings	$16,186,480	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko 5 – 4 Rafael Nadal

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2011	QF	Ivo Karlovic	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2011	R16	Jarkko Nieminen	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2011	R32	Fabio Fognini	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2011	F	Roger Federer	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2011	QF	Ernests Gulbis	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2011	R16	Lukas Lacko	7-6(3) 0-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2011	R32	Karol Beck	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data