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Roger Federer #1 def. Fabrice Santoro #36

6-1 6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date Jan 17, 2008*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Roger Federer
Score6-1 6-2 6-0
Loser Fabrice Santoro
Duration1h 20m
StatRoger FedererFabrice Santoro
Aces62
Double faults10
First serve %6965
First serve points won %7644
Second serve points won %7938
Break points saved %10050
Break points converted %500
Service points won %7742
Return points won %5823
Total points won %6733

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRoger FedererFabrice Santoro
Country SUI FRA
Birth dateAug 8, 1981Dec 9, 1972
Age2635
Height185178
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)136
Ranking points (entering)7,180852
Elo (entering)2,3301,831
Career W-L1,206–267456–432
Career earnings$130,594,339$10,013,832
Pre-match H2H
Roger Federer 7 2 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Roger Federer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2008R128 Diego Hartfield 6-0 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch data

Roger Federer's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 20, 2008R32 Janko Tipsarevic 6-7(5) 7-6(1) 5-7 6-1 10-8WH2HMatch data

Fabrice Santoro's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2008R128 John Isner 6-2 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data