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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Nikolay Davydenko #8

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 25, 2009*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	1h 46m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	1	3
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	67	84
First serve points won %	73	55
Second serve points won %	45	50
Break points saved %	100	56
Break points converted %	44	0
Service points won %	64	54
Return points won %	46	36
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	ESP	RUS
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jun 2, 1981
Age	22	27
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	15,390	3,675
Elo (entering)	2,326	1,985
Career W-L	1,045–225	467–324
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 2 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2009	QF	David Nalbandian	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2009	R16	Christophe Rochus	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2009	R32	Frederico Gil	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2009	F	David Ferrer	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2009	QF	Radek Stepanek	6-7(4) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2009	R16	Feliciano Lopez	7-6(8) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2009	R32	Arnaud Clement	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data