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Rafael Nadal #11 def. Radek Stepanek #22

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 23, 2005*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Radek Stepanek
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Radek Stepanek
Aces	1	7
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	72	65
First serve points won %	91	68
Second serve points won %	69	36
Break points saved %	—	40
Break points converted %	60	—
Service points won %	85	57
Return points won %	43	15
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Radek Stepanek
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Nov 27, 1978
Age	18	26
Height	185	186
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	22
Ranking points (entering)	1,800	1,200
Elo (entering)	2,006	1,831
Career W-L	1,045–225	366–283
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$11,343,464

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Radek Stepanek

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2005	QF	Agustin Calleri	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2005	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2005	R32	Gilles Muller	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2005	F	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-1 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Radek Stepanek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2005	QF	Stan Wawrinka	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2005	R16	Guillermo Canas	6-7(6) 7-6(2) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2005	R32	Santiago Ventura	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2005	R64	Irakli Labadze	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data