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Mikhail Youzhny #19 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-0 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 6, 2008*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Mikhail Youzhny
Score	6-0 6-1
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	57m

Stat	Mikhail Youzhny	Rafael Nadal
Aces	9	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	70	66
First serve points won %	91	48
Second serve points won %	70	18
Break points saved %	—	17
Break points converted %	83	—
Service points won %	85	38
Return points won %	62	15
Total points won %	74	26

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mikhail Youzhny	Rafael Nadal
Country	RUS	ESP
Birth date	Jun 25, 1982	Jun 3, 1986
Age	25	21
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	19	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,570	5,735
Elo (entering)	1,911	2,162
Career W-L	477–405	1,045–225
Career earnings	$14,264,450	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Mikhail Youzhny 3 – 6 Rafael Nadal

Path

Mikhail Youzhny's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2008	SF	Marin Cilic	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2008	QF	Xavier Malisse	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2008	R16	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	7-5 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2008	R32	Jiri Vanek	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mikhail Youzhny's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2008	SF	Carlos Moya	6-7(3) 7-6(8) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2008	QF	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2008	R16	Rajeev Ram	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2008	R32	Mathieu Montcourt	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data