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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Roger Federer #1

6-7(0) 7-6(5) 6-4 2-6 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	May 15, 2006*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-7(0) 7-6(5) 6-4 2-6 7-6(5)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	5h 5m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	4	10
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	85	62
First serve points won %	69	77
Second serve points won %	54	51
Break points saved %	60	67
Break points converted %	33	40
Service points won %	66	67
Return points won %	33	34
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	19	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	4,635	7,010
Elo (entering)	2,215	2,353
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 1 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	SF	Gael Monfils	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Tim Henman	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Filippo Volandri	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Carlos Moya	6-1 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	SF	David Nalbandian	6-3 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	QF	Nicolas Almagro	6-3 6-7(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Radek Stepanek	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Potito Starace	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data