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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Roger Federer #1

7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 27, 2008*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 7-5
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Aces	1	5
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	81	63
First serve points won %	63	60
Second serve points won %	42	29
Break points saved %	20	14
Break points converted %	86	80
Service points won %	59	48
Return points won %	52	41
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Aug 8, 1981
Age	21	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	5,455	6,425
Elo (entering)	2,143	2,271
Career W-L	1,045–225	1,206–267
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 8 – 6 Roger Federer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2008	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2008	QF	David Ferrer	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2008	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2008	R32	Mario Ancic	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2008	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-3 3-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2008	QF	David Nalbandian	5-7 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2008	R16	Gael Monfils	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2008	R32	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6-1 3-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data