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Rafael Nadal #7 def. David Ferrer #25

4-6 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 8, 2005*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	4-6 6-4 7-5
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	2h 29m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Aces	0	2
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	70	62
First serve points won %	61	61
Second serve points won %	52	45
Break points saved %	14	22
Break points converted %	78	86
Service points won %	58	55
Return points won %	45	42
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 2, 1982
Age	18	23
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	25
Ranking points (entering)	2,100	1,210
Elo (entering)	2,057	1,862
Career W-L	1,045–225	700–368
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 1 David Ferrer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2005	QF	Radek Stepanek	5-7 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2005	R16	Guillermo Canas	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2005	R32	Victor Hanescu	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2005	R64	Mikhail Youzhny	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2005	F	Guillermo Coria	6-4 3-6 6-3 4-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2005	QF	Alberto Martin	6-2 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2005	R16	Gaston Gaudio	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2005	R32	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2005	R64	Cyril Saulnier	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data