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Roger Federer #1 def. Gael Monfils #59

6-2 5-7 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-2 5-7 6-3 7-5
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	3h 5m

Stat	Roger Federer	Gael Monfils
Aces	2	10
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	71	59
First serve points won %	69	70
Second serve points won %	51	36
Break points saved %	77	53
Break points converted %	47	23
Service points won %	64	56
Return points won %	44	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Gael Monfils
Country	SUI	FRA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Sep 1, 1986
Age	26	21
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	59
Ranking points (entering)	6,675	613
Elo (entering)	2,246	1,861
Career W-L	1,206–267	569–356
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 3 – 0 Gael Monfils

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2008	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	2-6 6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2008	R16	Julien Benneteau	6-4 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Mario Ancic	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Albert Montanes	6-7(5) 6-1 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Sam Querrey	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 2008	F	Rafael Nadal	1-6 3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2008	QF	David Ferrer	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2008	R16	Ivan Ljubicic	7-6(1) 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Jurgen Melzer	4-6 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Luis Horna	7-6(5) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Arnaud Clement	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data