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Rafael Nadal #17 def. Olivier Rochus #42

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 16, 2005*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Olivier Rochus
Duration	1h 4m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Olivier Rochus
Aces	0	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	74	51
First serve points won %	79	40
Second serve points won %	60	42
Break points saved %	67	33
Break points converted %	67	33
Service points won %	74	41
Return points won %	59	26
Total points won %	66	34

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Olivier Rochus
Country	ESP	BEL
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jan 18, 1981
Age	18	24
Height	185	168
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	42
Ranking points (entering)	1,340	921
Elo (entering)	1,939	1,827
Career W-L	1,045–225	220–256
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$4,905,754

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 1 Olivier Rochus

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2005	R32	Xavier Malisse	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2005	R64	Gael Monfils	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2005	QF	Gaston Gaudio	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Olivier Rochus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2005	R32	Tomas Berdych	7-6(4) 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2005	R64	Ivan Ljubicic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data