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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Roger Federer #1

6-2 6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Apr 24, 2006*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	3h 50m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	1	3
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	70	60
First serve points won %	66	63
Second serve points won %	52	49
Break points saved %	78	50
Break points converted %	50	22
Service points won %	62	57
Return points won %	43	38
Total points won %	53	47

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)	4,335	7,160
Elo (entering)	2,148	2,382
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 1 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2006	SF	Gaston Gaudio	5-7 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2006	QF	Guillermo Coria	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2006	R16	Kristof Vliegen	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2006	R32	Jean-Rene Lisnard	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2006	R64	Arnaud Clement	6-4 6-4	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
Apr 23, 2006	SF	Fernando Gonzalez	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2006	QF	David Ferrer	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2006	R16	Benjamin Balleret	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2006	R32	Alberto Martin	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2006	R64	Novak Djokovic	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data