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Roger Federer #3 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 17, 2012*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal
Aces	6	0
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	64	71
First serve points won %	64	57
Second serve points won %	65	44
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	64	54
Return points won %	46	36
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal
Country	SUI	ESP
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jun 3, 1986
Age	30	25
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	8,710	10,415
Elo (entering)	2,368	2,293
Career W-L	1,206–267	1,045–225
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 9 – 18 Rafael Nadal

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2012	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2012	R16	Thomaz Bellucci	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Milos Raonic	6-7(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Denis Kudla	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2012	F	John Isner	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2012	QF	David Nalbandian	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2012	R16	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Marcel Granollers	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Leonardo Mayer	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data