Rafael Nadal vs Andreas Seppi — Rio Olympics Round of 32

Rio Olympics · ATP · Round of 32
ESP3
Rafael Nadal
40 yrs · 185 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 August 2016
hard
ITA
Andreas Seppi
42 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Nadal R.
6-3 6-3
Seppi A.
Nadal R.
662
Seppi A.
330

Rafael Nadal defeated Andreas Seppi 6-3 6-3 in the Rio Olympics round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Rafael Nadal came in leading the head-to-head 7–1. Rafael Nadal extended the head-to-head to 8–1.

Key context

Head to head

7–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-08-29US OpenR64hardRafael Nadal6-0 7-5 6-1
2015-07-27HamburgSFclayRafael Nadal6-1 6-2
2014-04-13Monte Carlo MastersR16clayRafael Nadal6-1 6-3
2009-08-16Cincinnati MastersR32hardRafael Nadal7-6(4) 7-6(3)
2009-04-27Rome MastersR32clayRafael Nadal6-2 6-3
2008-02-18RotterdamR16hardAndreas Seppi3-6 6-3 6-4
2006-09-22Davis Cup WG PO: ESP vs ITARRclayRafael Nadal6-0 6-4 6-3
2005-09-23Davis Cup WG PO: ITA vs ESPRRclayRafael Nadal6-1 6-2 5-7 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Nadal R.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Seppi A.

Seppi A.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.Seppi A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
71%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
56%
50%
Service points won·Slight edge
67%
62%
Return points won·Slight edge
42%
37%
Break points saved·Even
64%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.4
5.5
Double faults / match·Even
2.5
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Nadal R.Seppi A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
97
53
Break points saved·Slight edge
100
94
Break points won·Dominant
99
45
Deciding sets·Dominant
100
63
Tiebreaks·Dominant
99
32

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Murray A.[2]
del Potro J.
7-54-66-27-5
Bronze
Nishikori K.[4]
Nadal R.[3]
6-26-716-3
Semi-finals
del Potro J.
Nadal R.[3]
5-76-47-65
Murray A.[2]
Nishikori K.[4]
6-16-4
Quarter-finals
del Potro J.
Bautista Agut R.[10]
7-57-64
Nadal R.[3]
Bellucci T.
2-66-46-2
Nishikori K.[4]
Monfils G.[6]
7-644-67-66
Murray A.[2]
Johnson S.[12]
6-04-67-62
R16
Bautista Agut R.[10]
Muller G.
6-47-64
Nishikori K.[4]
Martin A.
6-26-2
Nadal R.[3]
Simon G.[15]
7-656-3
Bellucci T.
Goffin D.[8]
7-6106-4
Monfils G.[6]
Cilic M.[9]
6-766-36-4
Murray A.[2]
Fognini F.
6-12-66-3
del Potro J.
Daniel T.
6-746-16-2
Johnson S.[12]
Donskoy E.
6-16-1
R32
Johnson S.[12]
Elias G.
6-36-4
Martin A.
Kohlschreiber P.[13]
W/O
del Potro J.
Sousa J.
6-31-66-3
Bautista Agut R.[10]
Lorenzi P.
7-626-2
Muller G.
Tsonga J.[5]
6-46-3
Nadal R.[3]
Seppi A.
6-36-3
Simon G.[15]
Sugita Y.
7-636-2
Bellucci T.
Cuevas P.[11]
6-24-66-3
Goffin D.[8]
Sela D.
6-36-3
Monfils G.[6]
Dutra Silva R.
6-26-4
Cilic M.[9]
Albot R.
6-36-4
Nishikori K.[4]
Millman J.
7-646-4
Donskoy E.
Ferrer D.[7]
3-67-617-5
Daniel T.
Edmund K.
6-47-5
Fognini F.
Paire B.[16]
4-66-47-65
Murray A.[2]
Monaco J.
6-36-1
R64
del Potro J.
Djokovic N.[1]
7-647-62
Sela D.
Dzumhur D.
6-46-4
Cuevas P.[11]
Basilashvili N.
6-36-786-3
Sousa J.
Haase R.
6-17-5
Daniel T.
Sock J.[14]
6-46-4
Lorenzi P.
Lu Y.
3-66-36-4
Muller G.
Janowicz J.
5-76-17-610
Tsonga J.[5]
Jaziri M.
4-67-56-3
Nadal R.[3]
Delbonis F.
6-26-1
Seppi A.
Marchenko I.
6-33-67-66
Sugita Y.
Baker B.
5-77-56-4
Goffin D.[8]
Groth S.
6-46-2
Monfils G.[6]
Pospisil V.
6-16-3
Dutra Silva R.
Fabbiano T.
7-646-1
Albot R.
Gabashvili T.
4-66-46-4
Kohlschreiber P.[13]
Pella G.
4-66-16-2
Martin A.
Kudla D.
6-06-3
Millman J.
Berankis R.
6-06-0
Ferrer D.[7]
Istomin D.
6-26-1
Donskoy E.
Struff J.
6-36-4
Paire B.[16]
Rosol L.
3-66-36-4
Fognini F.
Estrella V.
2-67-646-0
Monaco J.
Basic M.
6-26-2
Murray A.[2]
Troicki V.
6-36-2
Simon G.[15]
Coric B.
6-47-61
Bautista Agut R.[10]
Kuznetsov A.
6-746-2
Bellucci T.
Brown D.
4-65-4
Elias G.
Kokkinakis T.
7-647-63
Cilic M.[9]
Dimitrov G.
6-16-4
Nishikori K.[4]
Ramos A.
6-26-4
Edmund K.
Thompson J.
6-46-2
Johnson S.[12]
King D.
6-36-2