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Rafael Nadal #2 def. David Ferrer #5

6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 2008*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 7-5
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	1h 40m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Aces	0	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	73	68
First serve points won %	68	52
Second serve points won %	50	35
Break points saved %	50	25
Break points converted %	75	50
Service points won %	63	46
Return points won %	54	37
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 2, 1982
Age	21	26
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	5
Ranking points (entering)	5,455	2,620
Elo (entering)	2,122	1,995
Career W-L	1,045–225	700–368
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 3 David Ferrer

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2008	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2008	R32	Mario Ancic	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2008	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2008	R16	Janko Tipsarevic	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2008	R32	Marat Safin	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data