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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Roger Federer #1

6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	May 16, 2010*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 11m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	2	9
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	73	67
First serve points won %	54	59
Second serve points won %	64	48
Break points saved %	73	64
Break points converted %	36	27
Service points won %	57	56
Return points won %	44	43
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	23	28
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	6,480	10,430
Elo (entering)	2,241	2,228
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 13 – 7 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2010	SF	Nicolas Almagro	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2010	QF	Gael Monfils	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2010	R16	John Isner	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2010	R32	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2010	SF	David Ferrer	7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2010	QF	Ernests Gulbis	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2010	R16	Stan Wawrinka	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2010	R32	Benjamin Becker	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data