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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Roger Federer #1

6-4 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Nov 8, 2009*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-4 4-6 6-2
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 11m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Aces	6	10
Double faults	7	1
First serve %	64	71
First serve points won %	71	69
Second serve points won %	54	44
Break points saved %	82	50
Break points converted %	50	18
Service points won %	65	62
Return points won %	38	35
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	22	28
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	7,890	10,055
Elo (entering)	2,213	2,336
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,206–267
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 4 – 8 Roger Federer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 2009	SF	Radek Stepanek	6-7(4) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 2009	QF	Stan Wawrinka	3-6 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 2009	R16	Jan Hernych	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 2009	R32	Andreas Beck	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 2009	SF	Marco Chiudinelli	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 2009	QF	Evgeny Korolev	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 2009	R16	Andreas Seppi	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 2009	R32	Olivier Rochus	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data