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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Fernando Gonzalez #9

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 14, 2006*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Fernando Gonzalez
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Gonzalez
Aces	0	3
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	85	57
First serve points won %	69	54
Second serve points won %	50	48
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	66	51
Return points won %	49	34
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fernando Gonzalez
Country	ESP	CHI
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 29, 1980
Age	19	25
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	9
Ranking points (entering)	4,135	1,640
Elo (entering)	2,208	1,903
Career W-L	1,045–225	330–192
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$8,862,276

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 2 Fernando Gonzalez

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Tim Henman	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Filippo Volandri	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Carlos Moya	6-1 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	SF	Gael Monfils	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Gonzalez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data