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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Nikoloz Basilashvili #36

6-3 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 2018*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4
Loser	Nikoloz Basilashvili
Duration	3h 19m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Nikoloz Basilashvili
Aces	7	8
Double faults	3	8
First serve %	65	56
First serve points won %	75	69
Second serve points won %	61	50
Break points saved %	71	62
Break points converted %	38	29
Service points won %	70	61
Return points won %	39	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Nikoloz Basilashvili
Country	ESP	GEO
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Feb 23, 1992
Age	32	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	36
Ranking points (entering)	10,040	1,152
Elo (entering)	2,364	1,857
Career W-L	1,045–225	149–180
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$9,780,652

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Nikoloz Basilashvili

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Karen Khachanov	5-7 7-5 7-6(7) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Vasek Pospisil	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	David Ferrer	6-3 3-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2018	QF	Dominic Thiem	0-6 6-4 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Nikoloz Basilashvili's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Guido Pella	6-3 6-4 1-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Jack Sock	4-6 6-3 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Aljaz Bedene	6-2 4-6 6-2 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data