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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Nicolas Almagro #13

7-6(4) 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 2012*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(4) 6-2 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Almagro
Duration	2h 46m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Nicolas Almagro
Aces	10	4
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	66	63
First serve points won %	84	70
Second serve points won %	50	45
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	72	61
Return points won %	39	28
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Nicolas Almagro
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 21, 1985
Age	26	26
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	13
Ranking points (entering)	10,060	2,255
Elo (entering)	2,360	2,073
Career W-L	1,045–225	385–272
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,752,234

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 7 – 0 Nicolas Almagro

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2012	R16	Juan Monaco	6-2 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2012	R32	Eduardo Schwank	6-1 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2012	R64	Denis Istomin	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2012	R128	Simone Bolelli	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2012	SF	David Ferrer	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2012	R16	Janko Tipsarevic	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2012	R32	Leonardo Mayer	6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2012	R64	Marcos Baghdatis	6-4 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2012	R128	Paolo Lorenzi	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data