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Novak Djokovic #21 def. Rafael Nadal #1

6-4 3-6 7-6(9) 3-6 10-8

Match Information

Date	Jul 14, 2018*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-4 3-6 7-6(9) 3-6 10-8
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	5h 15m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Aces	23	9
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	71	71
First serve points won %	76	67
Second serve points won %	47	57
Break points saved %	64	79
Break points converted %	21	36
Service points won %	68	64
Return points won %	36	32
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Jun 3, 1986
Age	31	32
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,715	8,770
Elo (entering)	2,198	2,373
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,045–225
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 26 – 23 Rafael Nadal

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2018	QF	Kei Nishikori	6-3 3-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2018	R16	Karen Khachanov	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2018	R32	Kyle Edmund	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2018	R64	Horacio Zeballos	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2018	R128	Tennys Sandgren	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 2018	F	Kevin Anderson	6-2 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2018	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	7-5 6-7(7) 4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2018	R16	Jiri Vesely	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2018	R32	Alex de Minaur	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2018	R64	Mikhail Kukushkin	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2018	R128	Dudi Sela	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data