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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Roger Federer #2

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 26, 2011*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Aces	5	5
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	67	60
First serve points won %	82	63
Second serve points won %	56	39
Break points saved %	50	60
Break points converted %	40	50
Service points won %	73	53
Return points won %	47	27
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Country	SRB	SUI
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Aug 8, 1981
Age	23	29
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	7,880	7,965
Elo (entering)	2,275	2,318
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,206–267
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 7 – 12 Roger Federer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2011	SF	Tomas Berdych	6-7(5) 6-2 4-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2011	QF	Florian Mayer	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2011	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2011	R32	Michael Llodra	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2011	SF	Richard Gasquet	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2011	QF	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2011	R16	Marcel Granollers	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2011	R32	Somdev Devvarman	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data