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Rafael Nadal #9 def. Gael Monfils #6

6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2017*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	2h 55m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gael Monfils
Aces	2	15
Double faults	1	10
First serve %	73	58
First serve points won %	72	66
Second serve points won %	63	44
Break points saved %	50	65
Break points converted %	35	50
Service points won %	69	57
Return points won %	43	31
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gael Monfils
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 1, 1986
Age	30	30
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	6
Ranking points (entering)	3,195	3,625
Elo (entering)	2,152	2,085
Career W-L	1,045–225	569–356
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 12 – 2 Gael Monfils

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2017	R32	Alexander Zverev	4-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2017	R64	Marcos Baghdatis	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2017	R128	Florian Mayer	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2017	QF	Milos Raonic	6-4 7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2017	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2017	R64	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-3 6-4 1-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2017	R128	Jiri Vesely	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data