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Roger Federer #5 def. Fabrice Santoro #32

6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date Feb 21, 2003*
Tournament Rotterdam
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Roger Federer
Score6-0 6-4
Loser Fabrice Santoro
Duration58m
StatRoger FedererFabrice Santoro
Aces12
Double faults20
First serve %6059
First serve points won %8352
Second serve points won %7545
Break points saved %20
Break points converted %80
Service points won %8049
Return points won %5120
Total points won %6436

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRoger FedererFabrice Santoro
Country SUI FRA
Birth dateAug 8, 1981Dec 9, 1972
Age2130
Height185178
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)532
Ranking points (entering)2,5301,045
Elo (entering)1,9501,759
Career W-L1,206–267456–432
Career earnings$130,594,339$10,013,832
Pre-match H2H
Roger Federer 1 2 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Roger Federer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 20, 2003R32 Thomas Enqvist 3-6 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data

Roger Federer's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 22, 2003QF Sjeng Schalken 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data

Fabrice Santoro's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 20, 2003R32 Andrei Pavel 6-4 4-6 6-2WH2HMatch data