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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Steve Darcis #122

6-1 2-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 2010*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 2-0 (ret.)
Loser	Steve Darcis
Duration	35m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Steve Darcis
Aces	2	3
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	63	67
First serve points won %	92	36
Second serve points won %	71	45
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	84	39
Return points won %	61	16
Total points won %	69	31

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Steve Darcis
Country	ESP	BEL
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Mar 13, 1984
Age	23	25
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	122
Ranking points (entering)	9,205	451
Elo (entering)	2,179	1,643
Career W-L	1,045–225	92–122
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$3,445,948

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Steve Darcis

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2010	R16	Potito Starace	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2010	R32	Simone Bolelli	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2010	SF	Viktor Troicki	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Steve Darcis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2010	R16	Younes El Aynaoui	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2010	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2010	Q3	Conor Niland	1-6 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2010	Q2	Daniel Evans	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2010	Q1	Ivan Dodig	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data