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Fabio Fognini #28 def. Rafael Nadal #3

1-6 6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 21, 2015*
Tournament	Rio de Janeiro
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Fabio Fognini
Score	1-6 6-2 7-5
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 18m

Stat	Fabio Fognini	Rafael Nadal
Aces	2	0
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	65	62
First serve points won %	68	64
Second serve points won %	47	43
Break points saved %	56	44
Break points converted %	56	44
Service points won %	60	56
Return points won %	44	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabio Fognini	Rafael Nadal
Country	ITA	ESP
Birth date	May 24, 1987	Jun 3, 1986
Age	27	28
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	28	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,320	5,745
Elo (entering)	1,814	2,232
Career W-L	398–382	1,045–225
Career earnings	$19,086,549	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Fabio Fognini 0 – 4 Rafael Nadal

Path

Fabio Fognini's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2015	QF	Federico Delbonis	6-4 6-7(10) 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2015	R16	Pablo Andujar	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2015	R32	Jiri Vesely	1-6 7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Fabio Fognini's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2015	F	David Ferrer	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2015	QF	Pablo Cuevas	4-6 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2015	R16	Pablo Carreno Busta	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2015	R32	Thomaz Bellucci	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data