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Novak Djokovic #1 def. David Ferrer #5

6-4 7-6(4) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-4 7-6(4) 6-1
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	2h 44m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	David Ferrer
Aces	3	2
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	52	65
First serve points won %	72	61
Second serve points won %	66	50
Break points saved %	50	58
Break points converted %	42	50
Service points won %	69	57
Return points won %	43	31
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	David Ferrer
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Apr 2, 1982
Age	24	29
Height	188	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	13,630	4,925
Elo (entering)	2,364	2,150
Career W-L	1,122–223	700–368
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 6 – 4 David Ferrer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2012	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Nicolas Mahut	6-0 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Santiago Giraldo	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Paolo Lorenzi	6-2 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2012	SF	Andy Murray	6-3 3-6 6-7(4) 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2012	R16	Richard Gasquet	6-4 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	7-5 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Ryan Sweeting	6-7(4) 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Rui Machado	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data