Rafael Nadal vs Justin Gimelstob — Beijing Round of 16

Beijing · ATP · Round of 16
ESP
Rafael Nadal
40 yrs · 185 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 12 September 2005
hard
USA
Justin Gimelstob
49 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLL
Nadal R.
5-7 6-4 6-4
Gimelstob J.
Nadal R.
5662
Gimelstob J.
7441

Rafael Nadal defeated Justin Gimelstob 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the Beijing round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Justin Gimelstob came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Nadal R.serving92% hold

wins 72% of points on serve vs Gimelstob J.

Gimelstob J.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Nadal R.

Serve advantage — Nadal R.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Nadal R.Gimelstob J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
73%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
56%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
67%
62%
Return points won·Slight edge
42%
34%
Break points saved·Even
64%
62%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.4
7.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.4
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 63). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
30°CPartly cloudy
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 28%

Draw

Final
Nadal R.
Coria G.
5-76-16-2
Semi-finals
Coria G.
Johansson T.
4-67-56-2
Nadal R.
Ferrero J.
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Nadal R.
Wessels P.
7-636-2
Johansson T.
Moya C.
7-636-3
Ferrero J.
Nalbandian D.
6-23-66-3
Coria G.
Youzhny M.
6-41-66-1
R16
Nalbandian D.
Hadad A.
6-46-0
Ferrero J.
Tursunov D.
6-47-64
Youzhny M.
Udomchoke D.
7-56-1
Wessels P.
Wang Y.
6-17-69
Moya C.
Koubek S.
3-66-36-2
Johansson T.
Nieminen J.
6-46-4
Nadal R.
Gimelstob J.
5-76-46-4
Coria G.
Matsui T.
6-16-0
R32
Tursunov D.
Burgsmuller L.
6-36-4
Moya C.
Srichaphan P.
7-666-3
Coria G.
Zeng S.
6-26-1
Wessels P.
Arthurs W.
7-656-4
Wang Y.
Gregorc L.
7-656-1
Hadad A.
Norman D.
7-57-67
Koubek S.
Heuberger I.
6-37-66
Nieminen J.
Schuettler R.
6-46-2
Udomchoke D.
Okun N.
7-643-66-4
Matsui T.
Sun P.
6-45-76-4
Nadal R.
Wang J.
6-26-4
Gimelstob J.
Karanusic R.
6-46-1
Nalbandian D.
Pless K.
6-37-62
Ferrero J.
Lee H.
4-66-37-5
Johansson T.
Bjorkman J.
6-46-3
Youzhny M.
Healey N.
7-56-4