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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Marin Cilic #15

6-2 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2011*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-4 6-3
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	2h 31m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Marin Cilic
Aces	3	8
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	73	55
First serve points won %	79	76
Second serve points won %	48	33
Break points saved %	100	64
Break points converted %	36	0
Service points won %	71	57
Return points won %	43	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Marin Cilic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 28, 1988
Age	24	22
Height	185	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	15
Ranking points (entering)	12,390	2,140
Elo (entering)	2,271	1,892
Career W-L	1,045–225	572–344
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 1 Marin Cilic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2011	R32	Bernard Tomic	6-2 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2011	R64	Ryan Sweeting	6-2 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2011	R128	Marcos Daniel	6-0 5-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2011	QF	David Ferrer	4-6 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2011	R32	John Isner	4-6 6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2011	R64	Santiago Giraldo	6-3 7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2011	R128	Donald Young	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data