Battle of Surfaces
| Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 2 May 2007 | ||||||||||||
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| Location | Palma Arena Palma de Mallorca, Spain | ||||||||||||
| World rankings | Rafael Nadal: 2 Roger Federer: 1 | ||||||||||||
The Battle of Surfaces was a men's tennis exhibition match that was held on May 2, 2007, between Roger Federer, the then top-ranked men's singles player, and Rafael Nadal, the then world No. 2 in men's singles. The match was played in the capital city of Nadal's home island, Palma de Mallorca, in front of a home crowd at Palma Arena. Prior to the match, Federer and Nadal had long undefeated streaks on their respective surfaces. Federer was undefeated for 48 matches on grass whilst Nadal was undefeated in 72 matches on clay.
Nadal won a competitive match 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(12–10). The event was almost cancelled the night before when the grass surface had to be replaced after being infested with worms.