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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Fernando Gonzalez #11

7-6(4) 7-6(2) 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(4) 7-6(2) 6-0
Loser	Fernando Gonzalez
Duration	2h 37m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Gonzalez
Aces	1	9
Double faults	0	6
First serve %	75	61
First serve points won %	85	66
Second serve points won %	73	52
Break points saved %	100	70
Break points converted %	30	0
Service points won %	82	61
Return points won %	39	18
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Gonzalez
Country	ESP	CHI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 29, 1980
Age	23	29
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	11
Ranking points (entering)	9,025	2,825
Elo (entering)	2,291	2,050
Career W-L	1,045–225	330–192
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$8,862,276

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 5 – 3 Fernando Gonzalez

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Gael Monfils	6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Nicolas Almagro	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Nicolas Kiefer	6-0 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Richard Gasquet	6-2 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 2009	SF	Juan Martin del Potro	2-6 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Gonzalez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	3-6 6-3 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Tomas Berdych	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Josselin Ouanna	6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Nicolas Massu	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data