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Gael Monfils #13 def. Rafael Nadal #1

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 10, 2009*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Gael Monfils
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 29m

Stat	Gael Monfils	Rafael Nadal
Aces	7	0
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	70	73
First serve points won %	82	63
Second serve points won %	35	41
Break points saved %	0	57
Break points converted %	43	100
Service points won %	68	57
Return points won %	43	32
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gael Monfils	Rafael Nadal
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Sep 1, 1986	Jun 3, 1986
Age	22	22
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,950	13,160
Elo (entering)	1,942	2,256
Career W-L	569–356	1,045–225
Career earnings	$25,007,032	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Gael Monfils 0 – 3 Rafael Nadal

Path

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2009	R16	Nicolas Devilder	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2009	R32	Jan Hernych	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2009	SF	Andy Roddick	6-7(1) 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2009	R16	Karol Beck	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2009	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data