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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Ernests Gulbis #80

7-5 7-6(3) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	7-5 7-6(3) 7-5
Loser	Ernests Gulbis
Duration	3h 7m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Ernests Gulbis
Aces	6	12
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	66	62
First serve points won %	71	68
Second serve points won %	56	45
Break points saved %	67	75
Break points converted %	25	33
Service points won %	66	59
Return points won %	41	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Ernests Gulbis
Country	SRB	LAT
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Aug 30, 1988
Age	21	19
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	80
Ranking points (entering)	5,225	512
Elo (entering)	2,177	1,766
Career W-L	1,122–223	221–232
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$7,668,948

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 0 – 0 Ernests Gulbis

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2008	R16	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Wayne Odesnik	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Denis Gremelmayr	4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2008	SF	Rafael Nadal	4-6 2-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Ernests Gulbis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2008	R16	Michael Llodra	6-4 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Nicolas Lapentti	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	James Blake	7-6(2) 3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Simon Greul	6-4 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data