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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Joao Sousa #69

6-2 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 2019*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-2 6-2
Loser	Joao Sousa
Duration	1h 45m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Joao Sousa
Aces	5	4
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	57	68
First serve points won %	86	56
Second serve points won %	69	46
Break points saved %	—	25
Break points converted %	75	—
Service points won %	79	53
Return points won %	47	21
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Joao Sousa
Country	ESP	POR
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Mar 30, 1989
Age	33	30
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	69
Ranking points (entering)	7,945	770
Elo (entering)	2,355	1,828
Career W-L	1,045–225	189–247
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$8,340,548

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 0 Joao Sousa

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2019	R32	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2019	R64	Nick Kyrgios	6-3 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2019	R128	Yuichi Sugita	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 2019	QF	Sam Querrey	7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Joao Sousa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2019	R32	Daniel Evans	4-6 6-4 7-5 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2019	R64	Marin Cilic	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2019	R128	Paul Jubb	6-0 6-3 6-7(8) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data