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Gaston Gaudio #8 def. Rafael Nadal #48

0-6 6-0 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 12, 2005*
Tournament	Buenos Aires
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Gaston Gaudio
Score	0-6 6-0 6-1
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Gaston Gaudio	Rafael Nadal
Aces	6	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	57	70
First serve points won %	59	54
Second serve points won %	61	36
Break points saved %	67	71
Break points converted %	29	33
Service points won %	60	49
Return points won %	51	40
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gaston Gaudio	Rafael Nadal
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Dec 9, 1978	Jun 3, 1986
Age	26	18
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	48
Ranking points (entering)	2,095	790
Elo (entering)	1,846	1,810
Career W-L	253–188	1,045–225
Career earnings	$6,066,156	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Gaston Gaudio 2 – 0 Rafael Nadal

Path

Gaston Gaudio's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2005	R16	Flavio Saretta	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2005	R32	Federico Luzzi	2-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gaston Gaudio's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 2005	SF	Alberto Martin	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2005	R16	Potito Starace	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2005	R32	Agustin Calleri	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data