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Rafael Nadal #6 def. Maxime Cressy #112

7-6(6) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 9, 2022*
Tournament	Melbourne
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(6) 6-3
Loser	Maxime Cressy
Duration	1h 47m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Maxime Cressy
Aces	9	8
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	64	71
First serve points won %	78	64
Second serve points won %	65	60
Break points saved %	0	75
Break points converted %	25	100
Service points won %	73	63
Return points won %	37	27
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Maxime Cressy
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 8, 1997
Age	35	24
Height	185	201
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	112
Ranking points (entering)	4,875	683
Elo (entering)	2,274	1,749
Career W-L	1,045–225	43–58
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$2,957,526

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Maxime Cressy

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2022	SF	Emil Ruusuvuori	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2022	QF	Tallon Griekspoor	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2022	R16	Ricardas Berankis	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Maxime Cressy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2022	SF	Grigor Dimitrov	7-5 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2022	QF	Jaume Munar	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2022	R16	Reilly Opelka	4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2022	R32	Rinky Hijikata	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2022	Q2	Andrea Vavassori	7-6(6) 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2022	Q1	Joao Sousa	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data