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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Gaston Gaudio #13

6-3 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 24, 2005*
Tournament	Stuttgart
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-3 6-4
Loser	Gaston Gaudio
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Gaston Gaudio
Aces	3	4
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	69	65
First serve points won %	70	59
Second serve points won %	46	42
Break points saved %	60	71
Break points converted %	29	40
Service points won %	63	53
Return points won %	47	37
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Gaston Gaudio
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Dec 9, 1978
Age	19	26
Height	185	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	13
Ranking points (entering)	3,750	1,590
Elo (entering)	2,122	1,956
Career W-L	1,045–225	253–188
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$6,066,156

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 3 Gaston Gaudio

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2005	SF	Jarkko Nieminen	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2005	QF	Tomas Zib	6-2 6-1	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Gaston Gaudio's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2005	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2005	QF	Mariano Zabaleta	6-4 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 2005	R16	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-2 6-7(3) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 2005	R32	Andreas Beck	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data