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Marin Cilic #15 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 10, 2009*
Tournament	Beijing
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Marin Cilic
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 22m

Stat	Marin Cilic	Rafael Nadal
Aces	8	0
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	65	68
First serve points won %	77	50
Second serve points won %	53	35
Break points saved %	50	62
Break points converted %	38	50
Service points won %	69	45
Return points won %	55	31
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marin Cilic	Rafael Nadal
Country	CRO	ESP
Birth date	Sep 28, 1988	Jun 3, 1986
Age	21	23
Height	198	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,195	8,845
Elo (entering)	1,981	2,276
Career W-L	572–344	1,045–225
Career earnings	$33,355,926	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Marin Cilic 0 – 0 Rafael Nadal

Path

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2009	QF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2009	R16	Julien Benneteau	6-2 2-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2009	R32	Igor Andreev	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2009	F	Novak Djokovic	2-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2009	QF	Marat Safin	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2009	R16	James Blake	7-5 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2009	R32	Marcos Baghdatis	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data