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Juan Martin del Potro #12 def. David Ferrer #5

6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 2008*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	6-1 7-5
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	1h 40m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	David Ferrer
Aces	6	4
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	69	55
First serve points won %	76	51
Second serve points won %	47	49
Break points saved %	88	50
Break points converted %	50	12
Service points won %	67	50
Return points won %	50	33
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	David Ferrer
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Apr 2, 1982
Age	20	26
Height	198	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,518	2,490
Elo (entering)	2,002	1,908
Career W-L	416–172	700–368
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 0 – 2 David Ferrer

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 2008	R16	Jarkko Nieminen	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2008	R32	Dudi Sela	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2008	SF	Richard Gasquet	6-3 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 2008	R16	Takao Suzuki	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2008	R32	Jesse Levine	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data