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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Nikolay Davydenko #4

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 2008*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	1h 41m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	0	0
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	69	62
First serve points won %	59	54
Second serve points won %	71	30
Break points saved %	80	29
Break points converted %	71	20
Service points won %	63	45
Return points won %	55	37
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	ESP	RUS
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jun 2, 1981
Age	21	26
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	4
Ranking points (entering)	5,455	3,290
Elo (entering)	2,132	2,033
Career W-L	1,045–225	467–324
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 1 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2008	F	Roger Federer	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2008	QF	Igor Andreev	6-3 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2008	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	3-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2008	R32	Simone Bolelli	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data