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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Kevin Anderson #15

7-5 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2015*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 6-1 6-4
Loser	Kevin Anderson
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Kevin Anderson
Aces	3	8
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	67	73
First serve points won %	78	68
Second serve points won %	66	65
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	74	67
Return points won %	33	26
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Kevin Anderson
Country	ESP	RSA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 18, 1986
Age	28	28
Height	185	203
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	15
Ranking points (entering)	6,585	2,125
Elo (entering)	2,248	1,969
Career W-L	1,045–225	347–251
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$17,791,917

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Kevin Anderson

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2015	R32	Dudi Sela	6-1 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2015	R64	Tim Smyczek	6-2 3-6 6-7(2) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2015	R128	Mikhail Youzhny	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2015	QF	Tomas Berdych	2-6 0-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Kevin Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2015	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2015	R64	Ricardas Berankis	6-2 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2015	R128	Diego Schwartzman	7-6(5) 7-5 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data