Roger Federer #2 def. Juan Martin del Potro #23

3-6 6-3 6-3

Roger Federer defeated Juan Martin del Potro 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2017 Shanghai Masters semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 14, 2017*
Tournament: Shanghai Masters
Edition: 2017
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 57m

Match Statistics

Stat	Roger Federer	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	7	12
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	72	67
First serve points won %	87	65
Second serve points won %	56	51
Break points saved %	0	70
Break points converted %	30	100
Service points won %	78	60
Return points won %	40	22
Total points won %	54	46

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Sep 23, 1988
Age	36	29
Height	185 cm	198 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	23
Ranking points (entering)	7,505	1,865
Elo (entering)	2,369	2,154
Current career W-L	1,219–272	426–174
Current career earnings	$130,594,339	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer #2 16 – 6 Juan Martin del Potro #23

Path

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Richard Gasquet #31	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2017	QF
Alexandr Dolgopolov #41	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 2017	R16
Diego Schwartzman #26	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 2017	R32

Roger Federer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Rafael Nadal #1	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 2017	F

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Viktor Troicki #54	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2017	QF
Alexander Zverev #4	3-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 2017	R16
Andrey Rublev #35	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 2017	R32
Nikoloz Basilashvili #59	6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2017	R64