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Roger Federer #2 def. Ivo Karlovic #31

7-6(8) 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 25, 2014*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(8) 3-6 6-3
Loser	Ivo Karlovic
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Roger Federer	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	7	33
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	64	74
First serve points won %	85	84
Second serve points won %	71	55
Break points saved %	50	75
Break points converted %	25	50
Service points won %	80	76
Return points won %	24	20
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Ivo Karlovic
Country	SUI	CRO
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Feb 28, 1979
Age	33	35
Height	185	211
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	31
Ranking points (entering)	9,080	1,220
Elo (entering)	2,338	1,882
Career W-L	1,206–267	357–333
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 11 – 1 Ivo Karlovic

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2014	QF	Grigor Dimitrov	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2014	R16	Denis Istomin	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2014	R32	Gilles Muller	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2014	F	David Goffin	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2014	QF	Benjamin Becker	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2014	R16	Kenny De Schepper	6-7(6) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2014	R32	Lukas Rosol	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data