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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Pablo Carreno Busta #13

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 24, 2021*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Pablo Carreno Busta
Duration	1h 29m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Pablo Carreno Busta
Aces	3	4
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	62	83
First serve points won %	77	55
Second serve points won %	52	33
Break points saved %	75	60
Break points converted %	40	25
Service points won %	68	51
Return points won %	49	32
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Pablo Carreno Busta
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 12, 1991
Age	34	29
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	13
Ranking points (entering)	9,490	2,880
Elo (entering)	2,265	2,032
Career W-L	1,045–225	277–232
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$17,658,380

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 7 – 0 Pablo Carreno Busta

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2021	QF	Cameron Norrie	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2021	R16	Kei Nishikori	6-0 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2021	R32	Ilya Ivashka	3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2021	F	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6-4 6-7(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Pablo Carreno Busta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2021	QF	Diego Schwartzman	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2021	R16	Bernabe Zapata Miralles	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2021	R32	Jordan Thompson	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data