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Roger Federer #67 def. Fabrice Santoro #38

7-6(4) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 12, 2000*
Tournament	Marseille
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(4) 7-5
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Roger Federer	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	3	1
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	65	56
First serve points won %	71	70
Second serve points won %	69	59
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	71	65
Return points won %	35	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Fabrice Santoro
Country	SUI	FRA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Dec 9, 1972
Age	18	27
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	67	38
Ranking points (entering)	582	908
Elo (entering)	1,729	1,825
Career W-L	1,206–267	456–432
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 0 – 1 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 2000	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	6-2 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2000	R16	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2000	R32	Antony Dupuis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 2000	F	Marc Rosset	6-2 3-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 2000	QF	Thierry Guardiola	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2000	R16	Jan Siemerink	6-4 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2000	R32	Peter Wessels	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data