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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Tim Henman #70

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 13, 2006*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	1h 11m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Tim Henman
Aces	1	5
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	78	67
First serve points won %	78	56
Second serve points won %	78	41
Break points saved %	—	0
Break points converted %	100	—
Service points won %	78	51
Return points won %	49	22
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Tim Henman
Country	ESP	GBR
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Sep 6, 1974
Age	19	31
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	70
Ranking points (entering)	4,135	570
Elo (entering)	2,206	1,803
Career W-L	1,045–225	468–260
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Tim Henman

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Thomas Johansson	7-6(8) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Alessio Di Mauro	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data