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Andrey Rublev #8 def. Rafael Nadal #3

6-2 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 17, 2021*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Andrey Rublev
Score	6-2 4-6 6-2
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 32m

Stat	Andrey Rublev	Rafael Nadal
Aces	2	1
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	61	59
First serve points won %	65	56
Second serve points won %	42	42
Break points saved %	67	53
Break points converted %	47	33
Service points won %	56	50
Return points won %	50	44
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andrey Rublev	Rafael Nadal
Country	RUS	ESP
Birth date	Oct 20, 1997	Jun 3, 1986
Age	23	34
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	3
Ranking points (entering)	5,400	9,670
Elo (entering)	2,154	2,278
Career W-L	372–212	1,045–225
Career earnings	$33,703,207	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Andrey Rublev 0 – 2 Rafael Nadal

Path

Andrey Rublev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2021	R16	Roberto Bautista Agut	7-6(2) 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2021	R32	Salvatore Caruso	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Andrey Rublev's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2021	SF	Casper Ruud	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2021	R16	Grigor Dimitrov	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2021	R32	Federico Delbonis	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data