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Xavier Malisse #37 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-4 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jan 6, 2007*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Xavier Malisse
Score	6-4 7-6(4)
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 7m

Stat	Xavier Malisse	Rafael Nadal
Aces	7	2
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	68	64
First serve points won %	66	77
Second serve points won %	66	58
Break points saved %	100	80
Break points converted %	20	0
Service points won %	66	70
Return points won %	30	34
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Xavier Malisse	Rafael Nadal
Country	BEL	ESP
Birth date	Jul 19, 1980	Jun 3, 1986
Age	26	20
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	37	2
Ranking points (entering)	910	4,470
Elo (entering)	1,792	2,132
Career W-L	282–265	1,045–225
Career earnings	$5,702,871	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Xavier Malisse 0 – 2 Rafael Nadal

Path

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2007	QF	Fabrice Santoro	6-4 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2007	R16	Stefano Galvani	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2007	R32	Danai Udomchoke	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2007	F	Stefan Koubek	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2007	QF	Davide Sanguinetti	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2007	R16	Karan Rastogi	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2007	R32	Rainer Schuettler	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data