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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Roger Federer #3

6-7(7) 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 2011*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-7(7) 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	3h 51m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Aces	8	11
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	59	62
First serve points won %	83	67
Second serve points won %	55	56
Break points saved %	40	50
Break points converted %	50	60
Service points won %	71	63
Return points won %	37	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Country	SRB	SUI
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Aug 8, 1981
Age	24	30
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	13,920	8,380
Elo (entering)	2,435	2,259
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,206–267
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 9 – 13 Roger Federer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2011	QF	Janko Tipsarevic	7-6(2) 6-7(3) 6-0 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2011	R16	Alexandr Dolgopolov	7-6(14) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Carlos Berlocq	6-0 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Conor Niland	6-0 5-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 2011	F	Rafael Nadal	6-2 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2011	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2011	R16	Juan Monaco	6-1 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Marin Cilic	6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Dudi Sela	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Santiago Giraldo	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data