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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Ernests Gulbis #40

6-4 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 1, 2010*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 3-6 6-4
Loser	Ernests Gulbis
Duration	2h 47m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Ernests Gulbis
Aces	0	14
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	77	77
First serve points won %	69	73
Second serve points won %	55	28
Break points saved %	86	83
Break points converted %	17	14
Service points won %	66	63
Return points won %	37	34
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Ernests Gulbis
Country	ESP	LAT
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 30, 1988
Age	23	21
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	40
Ranking points (entering)	6,480	1,009
Elo (entering)	2,212	1,910
Career W-L	1,045–225	221–232
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,668,948

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 0 Ernests Gulbis

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2010	QF	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2010	R16	Victor Hanescu	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2010	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2010	F	David Ferrer	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ernests Gulbis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2010	QF	Feliciano Lopez	7-6(6) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2010	R16	Filippo Volandri	6-2 3-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2010	R32	Roger Federer	2-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2010	R64	Marcos Baghdatis	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data