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Frances Tiafoe #26 def. Rafael Nadal #3

6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2022*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Frances Tiafoe
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	3h 34m

Stat	Frances Tiafoe	Rafael Nadal
Aces	18	9
Double faults	4	9
First serve %	50	53
First serve points won %	76	72
Second serve points won %	60	56
Break points saved %	67	38
Break points converted %	62	33
Service points won %	68	64
Return points won %	36	32
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Frances Tiafoe	Rafael Nadal
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Jan 20, 1998	Jun 3, 1986
Age	24	36
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,400	5,630
Elo (entering)	1,933	2,306
Career W-L	254–211	1,045–225
Career earnings	$17,770,097	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Frances Tiafoe 0 – 2 Rafael Nadal

Path

Frances Tiafoe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2022	R32	Diego Schwartzman	7-6(7) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2022	R64	Jason Kubler	7-6(3) 7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2022	R128	Marcos Giron	7-6(0) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Frances Tiafoe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2022	QF	Andrey Rublev	7-6(3) 7-6(0) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2022	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-0 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2022	R64	Fabio Fognini	2-6 6-4 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2022	R128	Rinky Hijikata	4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data