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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Nick Kyrgios #26

6-3 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2020*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4)
Loser	Nick Kyrgios
Duration	3h 38m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Nick Kyrgios
Aces	12	25
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	65	75
First serve points won %	85	73
Second serve points won %	64	37
Break points saved %	33	78
Break points converted %	22	67
Service points won %	78	64
Return points won %	36	22
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Nick Kyrgios
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 27, 1995
Age	33	24
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	26
Ranking points (entering)	10,235	1,520
Elo (entering)	2,352	1,979
Career W-L	1,045–225	197–115
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$12,852,136

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 3 Nick Kyrgios

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2020	R32	Pablo Carreno Busta	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2020	R64	Federico Delbonis	6-3 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2020	R128	Hugo Dellien	6-2 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2020	QF	Dominic Thiem	6-7(3) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-7(6)	L	H2H	Match data

Nick Kyrgios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2020	R32	Karen Khachanov	6-2 7-6(5) 6-7(6) 6-7(7) 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2020	R64	Gilles Simon	6-2 6-4 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2020	R128	Lorenzo Sonego	6-2 7-6(3) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data