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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Novak Djokovic #63

6-4 6-4 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-4 (ret.)
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	1h 54m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Aces	3	2
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	80	73
First serve points won %	64	55
Second serve points won %	58	22
Break points saved %	50	29
Break points converted %	71	50
Service points won %	63	46
Return points won %	54	37
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Country	ESP	SRB
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 22, 1987
Age	20	19
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	63
Ranking points (entering)	4,545	627
Elo (entering)	2,263	1,828
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,122–223
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Novak Djokovic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	6-2 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Kevin Kim	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Robin Soderling	6-2 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2006	SF	Ivan Ljubicic	6-4 6-2 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	R16	Gael Monfils	7-6(5) 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Tommy Haas	7-5 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Fernando Gonzalez	6-4 6-1 3-6 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Luis Horna	6-3 5-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data