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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Wesley Moodie #82

6-4 7-6(5) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 2006*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 7-6(5) 7-6(4)
Loser	Wesley Moodie
Duration	2h 49m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Wesley Moodie
Aces	8	11
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	73	70
First serve points won %	77	70
Second serve points won %	74	48
Break points saved %	67	80
Break points converted %	20	33
Service points won %	76	63
Return points won %	37	24
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Wesley Moodie
Country	ESP	RSA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Feb 14, 1979
Age	20	27
Height	185	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	82
Ranking points (entering)	4,625	495
Elo (entering)	2,229	1,661
Career W-L	1,045–225	47–65
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$2,455,112

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Wesley Moodie

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Luis Horna	6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2006	R16	Jiri Novak	6-1 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Wesley Moodie's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Gael Monfils	6-4 2-6 6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Max Mirnyi	6-4 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data