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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Fernando Gonzalez #14

6-3 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-2 6-4
Loser	Fernando Gonzalez
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Gonzalez
Aces	4	6
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	67	69
First serve points won %	78	59
Second serve points won %	62	36
Break points saved %	71	54
Break points converted %	46	29
Service points won %	73	52
Return points won %	48	27
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Gonzalez
Country	ESP	CHI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 29, 1980
Age	22	28
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	14
Ranking points (entering)	13,160	2,840
Elo (entering)	2,238	1,930
Career W-L	1,045–225	330–192
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$8,862,276

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 3 Fernando Gonzalez

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Roko Karanusic	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Christophe Rochus	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Gilles Simon	6-2 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Gonzalez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Richard Gasquet	3-6 3-6 7-6(10) 6-2 12-10	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Guillermo Canas	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Lleyton Hewitt	5-7 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data