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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Gilles Muller #45

6-2 2-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 13, 2016*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 2-6 6-4
Loser	Gilles Muller
Duration	2h 11m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gilles Muller
Aces	1	6
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	75	64
First serve points won %	64	63
Second serve points won %	57	52
Break points saved %	79	67
Break points converted %	33	21
Service points won %	62	59
Return points won %	41	38
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gilles Muller
Country	ESP	LUX
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 9, 1983
Age	29	32
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	45
Ranking points (entering)	4,810	970
Elo (entering)	2,154	1,906
Career W-L	1,045–225	200–199
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$5,991,874

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 1 Gilles Muller

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2016	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-0 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Muller's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2016	R128	Victor Estrella	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data