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Juan Martin del Potro #6 def. Rafael Nadal #3

6-2 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	6-2 6-2 6-2
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Rafael Nadal
Aces	6	4
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	66	78
First serve points won %	79	57
Second serve points won %	41	30
Break points saved %	100	62
Break points converted %	38	0
Service points won %	66	51
Return points won %	49	34
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Rafael Nadal
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Jun 3, 1986
Age	20	23
Height	198	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	3
Ranking points (entering)	5,325	9,025
Elo (entering)	2,211	2,301
Career W-L	416–172	1,045–225
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 2 – 4 Rafael Nadal

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2009	QF	Marin Cilic	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Daniel Koellerer	6-1 3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Jurgen Melzer	7-6(6) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Juan Monaco	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 2009	F	Roger Federer	3-6 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2009	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	7-6(4) 7-6(2) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Gael Monfils	6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Nicolas Almagro	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Nicolas Kiefer	6-0 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Richard Gasquet	6-2 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data