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Pablo Cuevas #45 def. Rafael Nadal #5

6-7(6) 7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 20, 2016*
Tournament	Rio de Janeiro
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Pablo Cuevas
Score	6-7(6) 7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 28m

Stat	Pablo Cuevas	Rafael Nadal
Aces	11	3
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	61	63
First serve points won %	76	63
Second serve points won %	59	56
Break points saved %	83	70
Break points converted %	30	17
Service points won %	69	61
Return points won %	39	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pablo Cuevas	Rafael Nadal
Country	URU	ESP
Birth date	Jan 1, 1986	Jun 3, 1986
Age	30	29
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	45	5
Ranking points (entering)	895	4,880
Elo (entering)	1,857	2,182
Career W-L	211–212	1,045–225
Career earnings	$9,742,624	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Pablo Cuevas 0 – 2 Rafael Nadal

Path

Pablo Cuevas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2016	QF	Federico Delbonis	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2016	R16	Thiago Monteiro	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2016	R32	Facundo Bagnis	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Pablo Cuevas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2016	F	Guido Pella	6-4 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2016	QF	Alexandr Dolgopolov	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2016	R16	Nicolas Almagro	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2016	R32	Pablo Carreno Busta	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data