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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Gilles Muller #68

7-6(1) 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2011*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(1) 6-1 6-2
Loser	Gilles Muller
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gilles Muller
Aces	5	11
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	73	54
First serve points won %	81	66
Second serve points won %	55	33
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	74	51
Return points won %	49	26
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gilles Muller
Country	ESP	LUX
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 9, 1983
Age	25	28
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	68
Ranking points (entering)	11,420	710
Elo (entering)	2,316	1,806
Career W-L	1,045–225	200–199
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$5,991,874

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 1 Gilles Muller

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	David Nalbandian	7-6(5) 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Nicolas Mahut	6-2 6-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Andrey Golubev	6-3 7-6(1) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2011	QF	Andy Roddick	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Muller's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Igor Kunitsyn	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Ernests Gulbis	3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	7-6(5) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data