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Roger Federer #3 def. Benoit Paire #36

7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 18, 2013*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Benoit Paire
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Roger Federer	Benoit Paire
Aces	1	8
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	59	45
First serve points won %	77	76
Second serve points won %	50	49
Break points saved %	83	67
Break points converted %	33	17
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Benoit Paire
Country	SUI	FRA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	May 8, 1989
Age	31	24
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	36
Ranking points (entering)	7,760	1,065
Elo (entering)	2,274	1,886
Career W-L	1,206–267	239–293
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$10,544,721

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 2 – 0 Benoit Paire

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2013	QF	Jerzy Janowicz	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2013	R16	Gilles Simon	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2013	R32	Potito Starace	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2013	F	Rafael Nadal	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Benoit Paire's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2013	QF	Marcel Granollers	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2013	R16	Juan Martin del Potro	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2013	R32	Julien Benneteau	6-7(3) 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2013	R64	Juan Monaco	7-6(4) 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data