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Nikolay Davydenko #8 def. Novak Djokovic #4

4-6 6-4 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 2009*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nikolay Davydenko
Score	4-6 6-4 7-6(1)
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	3h 3m

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Novak Djokovic
Aces	5	5
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	67	64
First serve points won %	74	65
Second serve points won %	55	60
Break points saved %	86	89
Break points converted %	11	14
Service points won %	68	63
Return points won %	37	32
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikolay Davydenko	Novak Djokovic
Country	RUS	SRB
Birth date	Jun 2, 1981	May 22, 1987
Age	28	22
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	4
Ranking points (entering)	3,710	7,740
Elo (entering)	2,081	2,220
Career W-L	467–324	1,122–223
Career earnings	$16,186,480	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko 0 – 2 Novak Djokovic

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2009	QF	Radek Stepanek	6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2009	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2009	R32	Igor Kunitsyn	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2009	F	Rafael Nadal	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2009	QF	Gilles Simon	6-3 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2009	R16	Rainer Schuettler	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2009	R32	Fabio Fognini	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data