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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Tomas Berdych #7

6-7(5) 6-2 4-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Feb 26, 2011*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-7(5) 6-2 4-2 (ret.)
Loser	Tomas Berdych
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Tomas Berdych
Aces	10	9
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	63	49
First serve points won %	75	81
Second serve points won %	65	41
Break points saved %	100	40
Break points converted %	60	0
Service points won %	71	60
Return points won %	40	29
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Tomas Berdych
Country	SRB	CZE
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Sep 17, 1985
Age	23	25
Height	188	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	7
Ranking points (entering)	7,880	4,270
Elo (entering)	2,269	1,993
Career W-L	1,122–223	594–321
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$29,491,328

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 4 – 1 Tomas Berdych

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2011	F	Roger Federer	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tomas Berdych's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2011	QF	Philipp Petzschner	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2011	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2011	R32	Jeremy Chardy	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data