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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Novak Djokovic #3

6-3 2-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 19, 2009*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 2-6 6-1
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	2h 43m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Aces	2	4
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	66	62
First serve points won %	61	56
Second serve points won %	47	33
Break points saved %	55	50
Break points converted %	50	45
Service points won %	56	47
Return points won %	53	44
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic
Country	ESP	SRB
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 22, 1987
Age	22	21
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	14,470	9,010
Elo (entering)	2,310	2,166
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,122–223
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 9 – 4 Novak Djokovic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2009	SF	Andy Murray	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2009	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2009	R16	Nicolas Lapentti	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2009	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2009	SF	Stan Wawrinka	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2009	QF	Fernando Verdasco	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2009	R16	Albert Montanes	6-1 6-7(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2009	R32	Oscar Hernandez	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data