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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Tomas Zib #57

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 23, 2005*
Tournament	Stuttgart
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Tomas Zib
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Tomas Zib
Aces	6	0
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	60	62
First serve points won %	73	44
Second serve points won %	71	48
Break points saved %	100	44
Break points converted %	56	0
Service points won %	72	45
Return points won %	55	28
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Tomas Zib
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jan 31, 1976
Age	19	29
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	57
Ranking points (entering)	3,750	647
Elo (entering)	2,115	1,627
Career W-L	1,045–225	41–94
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$1,395,816

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Tomas Zib

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 2005	R16	Fernando Verdasco	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 2005	R32	Hugo Armando	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2005	SF	Jarkko Nieminen	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Tomas Zib's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 2005	R16	Juan Monaco	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 2005	R32	Andrei Pavel	5-7 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 2005	R64	Simon Greul	4-6 7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data