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Gael Monfils #16 def. Rafael Nadal #2

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 7, 2012*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Gael Monfils
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Gael Monfils	Rafael Nadal
Aces	4	1
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	76	72
First serve points won %	69	64
Second serve points won %	50	43
Break points saved %	67	0
Break points converted %	100	33
Service points won %	65	58
Return points won %	42	35
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gael Monfils	Rafael Nadal
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Sep 1, 1986	Jun 3, 1986
Age	25	25
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,910	9,595
Elo (entering)	2,013	2,267
Career W-L	569–356	1,045–225
Career earnings	$25,007,032	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Gael Monfils 1 – 8 Rafael Nadal

Path

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2012	QF	Viktor Troicki	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2012	R16	Benjamin Becker	7-5 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2012	R32	Rui Machado	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2012	F	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2012	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2012	R16	Denis Gremelmayr	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2012	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3 6-7(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data