SF Indian Wells Open 2012

Roger Federer #3 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-3 6-4

Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-4 in the 2012 Indian Wells Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 17, 2012*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 2012
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 32m

Match Statistics

Stat	Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal
Aces	6	0
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	64.0%	71.0%
First serve points won %	64.0%	57.0%
Second serve points won %	65.0%	44.0%
Break points saved %	50.0%	33.0%
Break points converted %	67.0%	50.0%
Service points won %	64.0%	54.0%
Return points won %	46.0%	36.0%
Total points won %	55.0%	45.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal
Country	SUI	ESP
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jun 3, 1986
Age	30	25
Height	185 cm	185 cm
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)	2,380	2,294
Current career W-L	1,219–272	1,056–228
Current career earnings	$130,594,339	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer #3 9 – 18 Rafael Nadal #2

Path

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Juan Martin del Potro #9	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 16, 2012	QF
Thomaz Bellucci #50	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 15, 2012	R16
Milos Raonic #27	6-7(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 13, 2012	R32
Denis Kudla #185	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 11, 2012	R64

Roger Federer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Isner #11	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 18, 2012	F

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
David Nalbandian #74	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 16, 2012	QF
Alexandr Dolgopolov #21	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 15, 2012	R16
Marcel Granollers #26	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 13, 2012	R32
Leonardo Mayer #78	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 11, 2012	R64