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Roger Federer #1 def. Mario Ancic #43

6-1 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 2008*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-1 7-5 6-4
Loser	Mario Ancic
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Roger Federer	Mario Ancic
Aces	15	9
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	69	61
First serve points won %	88	71
Second serve points won %	82	46
Break points saved %	—	60
Break points converted %	40	—
Service points won %	86	61
Return points won %	39	14
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Mario Ancic
Country	SUI	CRO
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Mar 30, 1984
Age	26	24
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	43
Ranking points (entering)	6,900	845
Elo (entering)	2,257	2,004
Career W-L	1,206–267	193–124
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$4,024,686

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 5 – 1 Mario Ancic

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	7-6(7) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2008	R32	Marc Gicquel	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Robin Soderling	6-3 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Dominik Hrbaty	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2008	SF	Marat Safin	6-3 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mario Ancic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Fernando Verdasco	3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 13-11	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2008	R32	David Ferrer	6-4 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Philipp Petzschner	6-1 6-4 6-7(1) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Michael Llodra	6-4 7-6(7) 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data