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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Guillermo Coria #8

6-4 3-6 6-3 4-6 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	May 9, 2005*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3 4-6 7-6(6)
Loser	Guillermo Coria
Duration	5h 14m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Guillermo Coria
Aces	1	3
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	68	73
First serve points won %	59	57
Second serve points won %	46	43
Break points saved %	47	55
Break points converted %	45	53
Service points won %	55	53
Return points won %	47	45
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Guillermo Coria
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jan 13, 1982
Age	18	23
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,600	2,265
Elo (entering)	2,065	1,942
Career W-L	1,045–225	211–113
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$5,915,620

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 1 Guillermo Coria

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2005	SF	David Ferrer	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Guillermo Coria's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2005	SF	Andre Agassi	7-5 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2005	QF	Fernando Verdasco	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2005	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2005	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2005	R64	Fernando Gonzalez	7-6(5) 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data