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Roger Federer #2 def. Juan Martin del Potro #19

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

Match Information

Date	Oct 29, 2017*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-7(5) 6-4 6-3
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	2h 31m

Stat	Roger Federer	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	7	6
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	52	67
First serve points won %	74	69
Second serve points won %	56	33
Break points saved %	57	67
Break points converted %	33	43
Service points won %	65	57
Return points won %	43	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Sep 23, 1988
Age	36	29
Height	185	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	19
Ranking points (entering)	8,505	2,225
Elo (entering)	2,396	2,186
Career W-L	1,206–267	416–172
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 16 – 6 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2017	SF	David Goffin	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2017	QF	Adrian Mannarino	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2017	R16	Benoit Paire	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2017	R32	Frances Tiafoe	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2017	SF	Marin Cilic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2017	QF	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-2 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2017	R16	Julien Benneteau	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2017	R32	Joao Sousa	6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data