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Roger Federer #1 def. Xavier Malisse #41

7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 13, 2006*
Tournament	Canada Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-3
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	2h 27m

Stat	Roger Federer	Xavier Malisse
Aces	2	4
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	64	54
First serve points won %	67	67
Second serve points won %	62	53
Break points saved %	62	50
Break points converted %	50	38
Service points won %	65	61
Return points won %	39	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Xavier Malisse
Country	SUI	BEL
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jul 19, 1980
Age	25	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	41
Ranking points (entering)	7,260	876
Elo (entering)	2,362	1,792
Career W-L	1,206–267	282–265
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 6 – 0 Xavier Malisse

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2006	R16	Dmitry Tursunov	6-3 5-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2006	R32	Sebastien Grosjean	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2006	R64	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2006	SF	Fernando Gonzalez	6-1 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2006	R16	Thomas Johansson	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2006	R32	Paradorn Srichaphan	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2006	R64	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data