Marin Cilic #15 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-1 6-3

Marin Cilic defeated Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-3 in the 2009 China Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 10, 2009*
Tournament: China Open
Edition: 2009
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 22m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Marin Cilic	Rafael Nadal
Country	CRO	ESP
Birth date	Sep 28, 1988	Jun 3, 1986
Age	21	23
Height	198 cm	185 cm
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)	1,983	2,281
Current career W-L	578–350	1,056–228
Current career earnings	$33,520,563	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Marin Cilic #15 0 – 0 Rafael Nadal #2

Path

Marin Cilic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nikolay Davydenko #8	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2009	QF
Julien Benneteau #35	6-2 2-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2009	R16
Igor Andreev #41	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2009	R32

Marin Cilic's next match

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

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marat Safin #59	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2009	QF
James Blake #24	7-5 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2009	R16
Marcos Baghdatis #90	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2009	R32