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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Roger Federer #3

6-4 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 2012*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-4 7-5 6-3
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Aces	6	9
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	68	56
First serve points won %	73	56
Second serve points won %	48	45
Break points saved %	50	30
Break points converted %	70	50
Service points won %	65	51
Return points won %	49	35
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Country	SRB	SUI
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Aug 8, 1981
Age	25	30
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	11,800	9,790
Elo (entering)	2,385	2,388
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,206–267
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 11 – 13 Roger Federer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2012	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-1 5-7 5-7 7-6(6) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2012	R16	Andreas Seppi	4-6 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2012	R32	Nicolas Devilder	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2012	R64	Blaz Kavcic	6-0 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2012	R128	Potito Starace	7-6(3) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2012	F	Rafael Nadal	4-6 3-6 6-2 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2012	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	3-6 6-7(4) 6-2 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2012	R16	David Goffin	5-7 7-5 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2012	R32	Nicolas Mahut	6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2012	R64	Adrian Ungur	6-3 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2012	R128	Tobias Kamke	6-2 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data