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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Ernests Gulbis #67

4-6 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 14, 2013*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	4-6 6-4 7-5
Loser	Ernests Gulbis
Duration	2h 33m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Ernests Gulbis
Aces	2	8
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	67	67
First serve points won %	75	76
Second serve points won %	41	42
Break points saved %	50	62
Break points converted %	38	50
Service points won %	64	65
Return points won %	35	36
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Ernests Gulbis
Country	ESP	LAT
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 30, 1988
Age	26	24
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	67
Ranking points (entering)	6,105	705
Elo (entering)	2,335	1,944
Career W-L	1,045–225	221–232
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,668,948

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 0 Ernests Gulbis

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2013	R32	Leonardo Mayer	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2013	R64	Ryan Harrison	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2013	QF	Roger Federer	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ernests Gulbis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2013	R32	Andreas Seppi	5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2013	R64	Janko Tipsarevic	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2013	R128	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2013	Q2	Olivier Rochus	6-1 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2013	Q1	Christian Harrison	6-7(5) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data