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Roger Federer #1 def. Novak Djokovic #3

6-3 3-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 2008*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 3-2 (ret.)
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Roger Federer	Novak Djokovic
Aces	1	2
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	52	60
First serve points won %	82	59
Second serve points won %	50	40
Break points saved %	75	40
Break points converted %	60	25
Service points won %	67	52
Return points won %	48	33
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Novak Djokovic
Country	SUI	SRB
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	May 22, 1987
Age	26	20
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	6,425	4,725
Elo (entering)	2,260	2,153
Career W-L	1,206–267	1,122–223
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 4 – 2 Novak Djokovic

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2008	QF	David Nalbandian	5-7 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2008	R16	Gael Monfils	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2008	R32	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6-1 3-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2008	F	Rafael Nadal	5-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2008	QF	Sam Querrey	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2008	R16	Andy Murray	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2008	R32	Ivan Ljubicic	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data