BNP Paribas Masters semi-finals on Saturday are headlined by World No. 3 Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Rafael Nadal battling it out for the 20th time (Nadal leads 14-5) and Frenchman Gael Monfils, the No. 15 seed, taking on Czech Republic’s Radek Stepanek, the No. 13 seed. Monfils has won two of the past three meetings. All four players are trying to win their first BNP Paribas Masters title. Nadal was runner-up two years ago and Stepanek was a finalist in 2004. Djokovic is attempting to reach his ATP World Tour-best 10th final (4-5) of the season and Nadal his ninth final (5-3). Stepanek is 1-2 and Monfils is 1-1 in ATP World Tour finals this season.

Nadal is also trying to reach his sixth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final (3-2) of the year and Djokovic his fifth title match (0-4). Stepanek and Monfils are both attempting to reach their first ATP Masters 1000 final in 2009.

RAFA EYES 400TH WIN – Nadal is attempting to become the ninth active player to win 400 singles matches in his career. If he wins Saturday, he will have recorded his 400th victory in 487 matches, the fastest of any active player on the ATP World Tour. Here are the active players who have won 400 or more career matches:
1) Roger Federer 676
2) Carlos Moya  573
3) Lleyton Hewitt 520
4) Andy Roddick 507
5) Fabrice Santoro 470 (retiring in 2009)
6) Tommy Haas  459
7) Marat Safin  422 (retiring in 2009)
8) Juan Carlos Ferrero 421

SATURDAY SEMI-FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS – In Order of Play

Court Central

(3) Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs (2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 14-5
06 Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 ret
07 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells  Hard F Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-5
07 ATP Masters Series Miami (U.S.A.) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4
07 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-3
07 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-4 6-2
07 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass SF Rafael Nadal 3-6 6-1 4-1 ret
07 ATP Masters Series Montreal Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4
08 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells  Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Hamburg  Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5 2-6 6-2
08 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-2 7-6(3)
08 London / Queen's Club (Great Britain)Grass F Rafael Nadal 7-6(6)7-5
08 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati  Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-1 7-5
08 Beijing Olympics (China) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 1-6 6-4
09 ESP vs. SRB WG 1st RD (Spain) Clay RR Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 6-1
09 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo  Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-3 2-6 6-1
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-6(2)6-2
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay SF Rafael Nadal 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(9)
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-1   6-4

	Djokovic	Nadal
Age (Birthdate)	22 (May 22, 1987)	23 (June 3, 1986)
Residence	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Mallorca, Spain
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 3 (No. 3 – July 9, 2007)	No. 2 (No. 1 – August 18, 2008)
2009 W-L Record (on Hard)	74-18 (49-10)	64-10 (42-8)
2009 Finals W-L	4-5	5-3
Career Finals W-L	15-11	36-11
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Basel/’09 Basel	’09 Shanghai/’09 Rome
2009 Tie-Break W-L	18-15	16-10
Paris W-L (Best Result)	6-4 (SF – 2009)	9-2 (Runner-up – 2007)
Coach	Marian Vajda	Uncle, Toni Nadal/Francisco Roig

DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The Serb is making his first appearance in the semi-finals in Bercy…He has a 6-4 career mark
• He began the week with a 63 75 win over Argentine Juan Monaco on Wednesday and followed with a
62 62 victory over Arnaud Clement and 64 16 63 triumph over No. 9 Robin Soderling…Has won 13 of        31 return games this week
• His previous best finish was the third round in 2005 (l. to Robredo) and last year (l. to Tsonga)

2009 Highlights:
W: Dubai (d Ferrer); Belgrade (d Kubot); Beijing (d Cilic); Basel (d Federer); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l Nadal); Halle (l Haas); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Federer); SF: Sydney (l Nieminen); Marseille (l Tsonga); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Nadal); US Open (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Davydenko); QF: Australian Open (l Roddick); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Roddick); Wimbledon (l Haas); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada (l Roddick)

2009 in Review:
• The World No. 3 has a 74-18 match record on the ATP World Tour this season, including 49-10 on hard courts (most wins in both)…He is trying to reach his ATP World Tour-best 10th final of the season (4-5)
• He has advanced to four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals this season, including three consecutive  – Miami (l. to Murray), Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal in three sets) and Rome (l. to Nadal)…Also runner-up in Cincinnati in August (l. to Federer)…Has a 31-8 record in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in ‘09
• Has a 32-41 career mark vs. Top 10 opponents, including 12-11 this year…He also has recorded at least 60 match wins three years in a row
• Since opening the year with a first round loss to Ernests Gulbis in Brisbane, he has reached the quarter-finals or better for the 19th time in 20 tournaments (except Roland Garros, 3rd Rd.)
• Last week he won his final three matches in Basel in three sets, capped off by a 64 46 62 victory over World No. 1 Roger Federer in title match…He also beat No. 5 seed Radek Stepanek 67(4) 75 62 in semi-finals (saving three match points) to reach his first indoor final of the season
• Last month, he collected his third ATP World Tour title of the year in Beijing (d. Cilic)
• His other titles have come in his hometown of Belgrade (d. Kubot) on clay in May and in Dubai (d. Ferrer) on hard courts in late February
• In March at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, came in as defending champion and lost to Andy Roddick in the quarter-finals…Earlier in the month lost both of his singles matches on clay in a first round Davis Cup tie in Spain, falling to David Ferrer and Nadal in fourth rubber, which clinched the tie
• Prior to Davis Cup, defeated No. 8 Gilles Simon (SF) and David Ferrer (on Feb. 28) in the Dubai final for his first ATP World Tour title of the season

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has an 87-31 career match record and 4-6 in finals, winning two titles in each of the past two years…
Has reached seven different ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals in his career
• In 2007, reached his first final in Indian Wells (l. to Nadal) and followed with his first title at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami (d. Canas)…Later that year, won the title in Montreal, defeating the Top 3 players in succession – No. 3 Roddick (QF), No. 2 Nadal (SF) and No. 1 Federer (F)
• Last year, won titles in Indian Wells (d. Fish) and Rome (d. Wawrinka) while reaching the final in Cincinnati (l. to Murray)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the young Serb finished No. 3 for a second straight season...The last player to do that was Pete Sampras in 1999-2000…First ranked No. 3 on July 9, 2007 after semi-final at Wimbledon
• Captured four titles in six finals, winning Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai as well as his first Grand Slam crown at the Aust. Open (d. Federer in SF, Tsonga in F)...Only dropped one set, that coming in the final
• In March, reached semi-finals in Dubai (l. to Roddick) and followed with title in Indian Wells (d. Nadal in SF, Fish in F)…After a 17-4 start in first three months, played well on clay (16-3) with SF at Monte Carlo (ret. to Federer), won title at Rome (d. Wawrinka) and reached semi-finals at Hamburg and Roland Garros (l. to Nadal both times)...Had chance to move to No. 2 in last two events with a win over Nadal
• During summer hard court circuit, reached QF in Toronto, final at Cincinnati (l. to Murray both times), won bronze medal at Beijing Olympics (d. Blake) and advanced to SF at US Open (l. to Federer)

NADAL FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 23-year-old Mallorca native is making his second semi-final appearance in Bercy (9-2 record)… Two years ago he reached the final, falling to David Nalbandian 64 60
• On Friday, he saved all six break points he faced to beat No. 8 seed and defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 75 75…On Thursday, Tommy Robredo served for the match at 5-4 but was broken as the No. 2 won 63 36 75…On Wednesday he saved five match points at 5-6 in the second set and overcame a 3-5 deficit in the final set to defeat Nicolas Almagro 36 76(2) 75
• Last year he reached the quarter-finals with wins over Frenchmen Florent Serra and Gael Monfils, before retiring with a knee injury against Russian Nikolay Davydenko

2009 Highlights:
W: Australian Open (d Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d Djokovic); Barcelona (d Ferrer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome (d Djokovic); F: Rotterdam (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Davydenko); SF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati (l Djokovic); US Open (l Del Potro); Beijing (l Cilic); QF: Doha (l Monfils); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Del Potro); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal (l Del Potro)

2009 in Review:
• The World No. 2 is appearing in his 12th semi-final of the season and he’s trying to reach his ninth final (5-3) and the first indoors since a runner-up effort in Rotterdam in February (l. to Murray)
• He has a 64-10 mark on the season, including 42-8 on hard courts…He has won at least 60 matches in four of the past five years (except ’06, won 59 matches)
• Has a 61-29 career record against Top 10 opponents, including 14-7 this season
• His last ATP World Tour title came in May when he captured Rome (d. Djokovic)…He is second on the ATP World Tour this year with five titles (behind Andy Murray’s six titles)
• Last month he reached his eighth final of the season (5-3 mark) at ATP Shanghai Masters 1000 on Oct. 18 in his last tournament (l. to Davydenko) and 47th of his career (36-11)…He is trying to reach his sixth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament of the year (3-2 in finals)
• He and Davydenko are the only players on the ATP World Tour this year to win at least 20 matches on clay (22-2) and hard courts (42-8)…He is also 34-5 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments
• He had an excellent start to season, winning five of first 10 tournaments played (including sixth Grand Slam title of career at Australian Open), reaching finals at Rotterdam (l. to Murray) and Madrid (l. to Federer) and QF at Doha and Miami…His only pre-QF loss in first 10 events came at Roland Garros, falling in 4th Rd. (l. to Soderling - had been 31-0 at the event with four straight titles)
• He missed Queen’s Club and Wimbledon title defense with tendinitis in both knees and dipped from No. 1 to No. 2 on July 6 when Federer won Wimbledon; after 212 straight weeks in Top 2, dipped to No. 3 for four weeks (when Murray rose to No. 2) but on September 14 rose to No.2 again and has been there since…Held No. 1 for 46 consecutive weeks from Aug. 18, 2008 to July 5, 2009
• In summer hard court circuit made QF in Montreal (l. to del Potro), SF at Cincinnati (l. to Djokovic) and SF at US Open (l. to del Potro)…Last week returned to reach SF in Beijing (l. to Cilic)
• He came up short of becoming the first player to win all three clay court ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in the same season as he finished runner-up in Madrid (l. to Federer)…Then followed with fourth round at Roland Garros (l. to Soderling)…He is 15-6 lifetime in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals, trailing only Andre Agassi (17) and  Federer (16)
• This is the first time in his career he’s won two hard court titles in the first three months of the season
• In March, he captured his 13th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells (d. Murray) and followed with a quarter-final showing at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami (l. to del Potro in third set TB)
• Began March by leading his country to a 4-1 first round Davis Cup win over Serbia in a home clay tie
 Posted straight-set wins over Janko Tipsarevic and No. 3 Djokovic, losing only serve once in six sets
• Began the season by reaching the quarter-finals in Doha (l. to Monfils) and winning the doubles title (w/M. Lopez) over last year’s No. 1 team of Nestor-Zimonjic
• Then captured his sixth Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, his first on hard courts, with a five-set victory over Federer...In semi-final win over countryman Fernando Verdasco, won a tournament record 5:14 battle in five sets…Has won three matches in his career over five hours (2005-06 Rome finals)
• He became first Spaniard to win Australian title and third player at age 22-under to win three of four Grand Slam titles, joining Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras...Also first player to win Aussie Open title winning five-set SF and F matches since Mats Wilander in 1988
• On Feb. 15 reached his third career ATP World Tour indoor final (1-2) in Rotterdam and injured his right knee in three-set loss to Murray...Withdrew from Dubai before returning for Davis Cup tie

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has an outstanding 157-32 career match record and a 15-6 mark in finals, winning at least two titles in each of the past five years (2005-09)…Won a personal-best four in 2005 and three each in 2007-08-09
• He and Federer are the only players to reach eight different Masters 1000 finals…Going into 2009, has reached the final in every tournament except Cincinnati…Federer has reached every final except Paris
Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, he became the first left-hander to finish No. 1 since John McEnroe in 1984, in addition to becoming first Spaniard as year-end No. 1 in history of ATP Rankings (since 1973)
• Became first player since Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles in same year
• Led the ATP World Tour with eight titles in 10 finals, 82 match wins, most matches (93) played and a 17-6 mark against Top 10 opponents ...Also helped his native country to Davis Cup title (vs. Argentina) by winning all three of his matches during year
• During clay court circuit, won titles at Monte Carlo (d. Federer) and Barcelona (d. Ferrer) and for first time at Hamburg (d. Federer)...Lost his only clay match (24-1) in 2nd Rd. at Rome (l. to Ferrero)
• Captured his fourth straight Roland Garros crown (d. Federer) and became first player since Borg in 1978-81 to accomplish feat...Also first player since Borg in 1980 to win without dropping a set in Paris

(15) Gael Monfils (FRA) vs (13) Radek Stepanek (CZE) Monfils Leads 2-1
05 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati (USA) Hard R64 Gael Monfils 6-3 6-2
07 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo  Clay R64 Radek Stepanek 6-0 2-0 ret
08 Vienna (Austria) Hard R16 Gael Monfils 6-4 6-3

	Monfils	Stepanek
Age (Birthdate)	23 (September 1, 1986)	30 (November 27, 1978)
Residence	Nyon, Switzerland	Monte-Carlo, Monaco
ATP Ranking (Career-High)	No. 16 (No. 9  – March 2, 2009)	No. 14 (No. 8 – July 10, 2006)
2009 W-L Record (on Hard)	41-18 (32-14)	47-19 (35-12)
2009 Finals W-L	1-1	2-1
Career Finals W-L	2-6	4-6
Last ATP Final/Last ATP Title	’09 Metz/’09 Metz	’09 Memphis/’09 San Jose
2009 Tie-Break W-L	14-8	19-7
Paris W-L (Best Result)	5-3 (SF – 2009)	13-5 (Runner-up – 2004)
Coach	Roger Rasheed	Petr Pala(also works w/Petr Korda)

MONFILS FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The Frenchman reached his first semi-final in Bercy as he rallied for a 36 64 64 victory over No. 12 seed Marin Cilic of Croatia…He also fired 16 aces and saved all six break points he faced Thursday in a 64 63 win over countryman Julien Benneteau…On Wednesday, he defeated French qualifier David Guez  64 75, as he fired 11 aces…Has a 5-3 career mark
• He leads the tournament with 40 aces and has held serve 33 of 36 games this week
• Last year he lost in the 3rd Rd. (l. to Nadal)…Also reached 2nd Rd. in 2004 (l. to Hewitt) and fell 1st Rd. in 2006 (l. to Andreev)

2009 Highlights:
W: Metz (d Kohlschreiber); F: Acapulco (l Almagro); SF: Doha (l Roddick); Rotterdam (l Nadal); Tokyo (l Tsonga); QF: Roland Garros (l Federer); Kuala Lumpur (l Davydenko); Vienna (l Tipsarevic)

2009 in Review:
• The No. 3 Frenchman (behind No. 9 Tsonga, No. 12 Simon) is appearing in his sixth semi-final or better this year…He has a 41-18 match record (32-14 on hard, 15-6 indoors)
• He is making his third appearance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final (’06 Rome, ’08 Madrid) and trying to become the third Frenchman to win the Bercy title in this decade…Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the title last year and Sebastien Grosjean earned the title in 2001
• In late September he captured his second career ATP World Tour title in Metz, defeating German Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets
• He opened the year with a semi-final effort in Doha, defeating World No. 1 Nadal in the quarter-finals before losing to Roddick in three sets
• He broke into the Top 10 for the first time on Feb. 23 and following week made his Acapulco debut (on clay) and reached the final (l. to Almagro), his sixth straight runner-up...Afterwards, went to a career-high No. 9 on March 2…Has ranked in the Top 10 for 14 weeks this year
• In June he reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros (l. to Federer) and followed with third round at the Queen’s Club in London…On June 11 he withdrew due to a left wrist injury he suffered in his previous round win (vs. Golubev)…He missed two months before returning in Montreal in August when he lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero in the second round
• At the US Open, he reached the fourth round for the second straight year (l. to Nadal in four sets)
• He is one of four Frenchmen to win an ATP World Tour title this year – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (three titles) Jeremy Chardy (one) and Gilles Simon (one)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 29-31 career record with his best result the semi-finals in Rome in 2006 (l. to Nadal) and Madrid last year (l. to No. 4 Murray)

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the Frenchman finished in the Top 20 for first time at No. 14 and won a personal-high 30 matches while reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final and sixth career ATP World Tour final
• Missed first two months with a right knee injury and went 5-7 going into Roland Garros where he reached SF (d. No. 5 Ferrer, l. to Federer)...On grass, reached SF in Nottingham (l. to Karlovic) but then withdrew from Wimbledon due to right shoulder injury
• In August, advanced to quarter-finals at Beijing Olympics (l. to Djokovic) and followed with 4th Rd. at US Open (l. to Fish)...Beat Top 10 Nalbandian in both
• Finished indoor circuit with a 10-4 mark, reaching SF in Bangkok (l. to Tsonga), runner-up in Vienna (l. to Petzschner), QF at Madrid (d. No. 10 Gonzalez, No. 8 Roddick, l. to Murray) and 3rd Rd. at Paris (l. to Nadal)

STEPANEK FASTFACTS

Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Czech Republic native advanced to his third semi-final or better in Bercy with a 4-0 ret.  (abdominal strain) victory after 27 minutes over No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro on Friday…He also posted a 16 63 64 win over No. 4 Andy Murray on Thursday and opened the week with a 64 60 victory over Viktor Troicki…Has won 10 of 23 return games this week (43 percent)
• He enters with a 13-5 career mark, having reached the final in 2004 (l. to Safin) and the semi-finals the following year (l. to countryman Berdych)
• Last year he lost in the second round to eventual champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets

2009 Highlights:
W: Brisbane (d Verdasco); San Jose (d Fish); F: Memphis (l Roddick); SF: Basel (l Djokovic); QF: Barcelona (l Davydenko); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (l Davydenko); Vienna (l Melzer)

2009 in Review:
• The top player from the Czech Republic is playing in his fifth ATP World Tour semi-final this year…He is trying to reach his fourth ATP World Tour final of the season, the first since February in Memphis where he lost to Andy Roddick…Has a 4-6 career mark in finals
• He has compiled a 47-19 record (35-12 on hard) and an impressive 20-4 mark indoors (most wins this year)
• Has a 5-8 mark vs. Top 10 opponents, defeating No. 4 Murray and No. 5 del Potro in past two rounds (21-43 in career)
• He started off the season by winning his third and fourth ATP World Tour titles of his career at Brisbane (d. Verdasco) in January and San Jose (d. Fish) in February, respectively…He also was runner-up in Memphis (l. to Roddick) in February and QF on clay at Barcelona (l. to Davydenko) in April
• He also helped his country to its first Davis Cup final since 1980 (will play Spain in December)…Has a 3-1 singles mark…In first round tie vs. France, lost to No. 11 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in second rubber before clinching tie with straight-sets win over No. 8 Gilles Simon in fourth rubber…In July, beat Argentina’s Juan Monaco in fifth and decisive rubber in quarter-finals…Last month, survived a record 78 aces by Ivo Karlovic in opening rubber to win 16-14 in fifth set in 5:59 marathon
• In Grand Slam play play reached 3rd Rd. or better each time…At Australian Open (l. to Verdasco in 3rd Rd.), Roland Garros (l. to Cilic in 3rd Rd.), Wimbledon (won back-to-back five-setters vs. Starace in 2nd Rd. and Ferrer in 3rd Rd. before falling to Hewitt in 4th Rd., also in five sets) and US Open (l. to Djokovic in 4th Rd.)
• Captured his first two ATP World Tour titles in a span of 152 tournaments, then won his two in '09 in four events

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 History:
• Has a 68-53 career record, reaching two finals – Hamburg in 2006 (l. Robredo) and Paris in ’04 (l. to Safin)…Also reached semi-finals in Montreal in 2007 and at Paris in ‘05
• Last year in Rome, defeated No. 1 Federer, then fell to Djokovic in semi-final

Miscellaneous:
• In 2008, the No. 2 Czech Republic player (behind Berdych) finished in the Top 30 for the fourth straight year at No. 26 with a 33-23 match record…His best result was a runner-up in San Jose (l. to Roddick)
• In 2006, finished in Top 20 for the first time at No 19 after breaking into the Top 10 for the first time that year on July 10 at No .8 after reaching his first Grand Slam quarter-final at Wimbledon
• Has a 4-6 career mark in ATP World Tour finals
• Has been working with countryman and former World No. 2 Petr Korda and often practices at the Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton, Fla.

POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS

Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Gael Monfils (FRA)   Djokovic Leads 3-0
05 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R128 Novak Djokovic      7-5 4-6  7-6(5)  0-6  7-5
06 Roland Garros (France) Clay R16 Novak Djokovic 7-6(5) 7-6(5)  6-3
08 Beijing Olympics (China) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-1 6-4
Other Meetings:
04 Italy F4 (Bergamo) Clay QF Gael Monfils 6-4  6-7(5)  6-2

Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Radek Stepanek (CZE)  Djokovic Leads 5-1
06 Zagreb (Croatia) Carpet R16 Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4
06 Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Hard QF Radek Stepanek 7-5 4-6  7-6(2)
07 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R64 Novak Djokovic 6-7(4)7-6(5) 5-7 7-5  7-6(2)
08 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay SF Novak Djokovic 6-0 1-0 ret
09 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Novak Djokovic 6-1 6-3 6-3
09 Basel (Switzerland) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-7(4) 7-5 6-2

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Gael Monfils (FRA)   Nadal Leads 5-1
05 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo  Clay R64 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2
06 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Paris (France) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2
09 Doha (Qatar) Hard QF Gael Monfils 6-4 6-4
09 Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4
09 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 6-7(3)6-3 6-1 6-3

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Radek Stepanek (CZE)   Nadal Leads 4-0
04 CZE v. ESP WG 1st RD (Czech Rep) Carpet RR Rafael Nadal 7-6(2) 7-6(4) 6-3
05 Barcelona (Spain) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5   6-2
05 ATP Masters Series Rome (Italy) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 5-7  6-1  6-1
05 ATP Masters Series Madrid (Spain) Hard QF Rafael Nadal 7-6(9) 6-4