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Roger Federer #3 def. Andy Murray #4

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 3, 2012*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Andy Murray
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Roger Federer	Andy Murray
Aces	4	7
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	50	48
First serve points won %	75	66
Second serve points won %	66	56
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	70	61
Return points won %	39	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Andy Murray
Country	SUI	GBR
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	May 15, 1987
Age	30	24
Height	185	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	4
Ranking points (entering)	8,235	7,150
Elo (entering)	2,342	2,301
Career W-L	1,206–267	703–264
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$64,687,542

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 6 – 8 Andy Murray

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2012	SF	Juan Martin del Potro	7-6(5) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2012	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2012	R16	Feliciano Lopez	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 2012	R32	Michael Llodra	6-0 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2012	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2012	QF	Tomas Berdych	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2012	R16	Marco Chiudinelli	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 2012	R32	Michael Berrer	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data