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Novak Djokovic #2 def. David Ferrer #5

2-6 6-1 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2012*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	2-6 6-1 6-4 6-2
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	2h 32m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	David Ferrer
Aces	7	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	59	60
First serve points won %	72	64
Second serve points won %	59	46
Break points saved %	57	33
Break points converted %	67	43
Service points won %	66	57
Return points won %	43	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	David Ferrer
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Apr 2, 1982
Age	25	30
Height	188	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	5
Ranking points (entering)	11,270	5,375
Elo (entering)	2,403	2,253
Career W-L	1,122–223	700–368
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 8 – 4 David Ferrer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2012	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	6-2 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2012	R16	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 6-1 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2012	R32	Julien Benneteau	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2012	R64	Rogerio Dutra Silva	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2012	R128	Paolo Lorenzi	6-1 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2012	F	Andy Murray	6-7(10) 5-7 6-2 6-3 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2012	QF	Janko Tipsarevic	6-3 6-7(5) 2-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2012	R16	Richard Gasquet	7-5 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2012	R32	Lleyton Hewitt	7-6(9) 4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2012	R64	Igor Sijsling	6-2 6-3 7-6(12)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2012	R128	Kevin Anderson	6-4 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data