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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Fernando Gonzalez #13

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 2, 2009*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Fernando Gonzalez
Duration	1h 15m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Gonzalez
Aces	1	2
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	74	61
First serve points won %	79	71
Second serve points won %	50	30
Break points saved %	0	43
Break points converted %	57	100
Service points won %	72	55
Return points won %	45	28
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Gonzalez
Country	ESP	CHI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 29, 1980
Age	22	28
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	13
Ranking points (entering)	14,890	3,005
Elo (entering)	2,341	2,012
Career W-L	1,045–225	330–192
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$8,862,276

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 3 Fernando Gonzalez

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	QF	Fernando Verdasco	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Robin Soderling	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Andreas Seppi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2009	F	Novak Djokovic	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Gonzalez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	QF	Juan Monaco	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Jurgen Melzer	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Janko Tipsarevic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2009	R64	Jeremy Chardy	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data