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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Alexander Zverev #3

6-1 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 20, 2018*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 1-6 6-3
Loser	Alexander Zverev
Duration	2h 9m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Alexander Zverev
Aces	0	2
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	65	63
First serve points won %	57	56
Second serve points won %	68	46
Break points saved %	64	17
Break points converted %	83	36
Service points won %	61	52
Return points won %	48	39
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Alexander Zverev
Country	ESP	GER
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 20, 1997
Age	31	21
Height	185	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	7,950	6,015
Elo (entering)	2,299	2,160
Career W-L	1,045–225	528–215
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$66,017,932

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 0 Alexander Zverev

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	SF	Novak Djokovic	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	QF	Fabio Fognini	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Denis Shapovalov	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R32	Damir Dzumhur	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Alexander Zverev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	SF	Marin Cilic	7-6(13) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	QF	David Goffin	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Kyle Edmund	7-5 7-6(11)	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R32	Matteo Berrettini	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data