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Novak Djokovic #2 def. Juan Martin del Potro #9

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 2012*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	6	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	64	58
First serve points won %	72	61
Second serve points won %	64	45
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	69	54
Return points won %	46	31
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	SRB	ARG
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Sep 23, 1988
Age	25	23
Height	188	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	9
Ranking points (entering)	11,270	3,305
Elo (entering)	2,390	2,175
Career W-L	1,122–223	416–172
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 4 – 0 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2012	QF	Marin Cilic	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2012	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	6-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2012	R32	Andreas Seppi	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2012	F	Roger Federer	0-6 6-7(7)	L	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2012	QF	Jeremy Chardy	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2012	R16	Viktor Troicki	7-6(2) 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2012	R32	Tommy Haas	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data