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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Denis Gremelmayr #85

6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 3, 2008*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 6-0
Loser	Denis Gremelmayr
Duration	51m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Denis Gremelmayr
Aces	3	0
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	70	56
First serve points won %	87	50
Second serve points won %	80	7
Break points saved %	—	29
Break points converted %	71	—
Service points won %	85	31
Return points won %	69	15
Total points won %	77	23

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Denis Gremelmayr
Country	ESP	GER
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 16, 1981
Age	21	26
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	85
Ranking points (entering)	5,655	490
Elo (entering)	2,173	1,761
Career W-L	1,045–225	32–57
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$1,023,334

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Denis Gremelmayr

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2008	QF	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2008	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2008	R32	Potito Starace	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2008	F	David Ferrer	6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Gremelmayr's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2008	QF	Nicolas Almagro	6-2 3-6 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2008	R16	Dmitry Tursunov	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2008	R32	James Blake	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2008	R64	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	7-6(7) 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data