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Roger Federer #1 def. Marat Safin #5

6-4 6-7(6) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 12, 2005*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-4 6-7(6) 6-4
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	Roger Federer	Marat Safin
Aces	9	12
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	61	68
First serve points won %	75	80
Second serve points won %	74	48
Break points saved %	83	25
Break points converted %	75	17
Service points won %	74	70
Return points won %	30	26
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Marat Safin
Country	SUI	RUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jan 27, 1980
Age	23	25
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	6,980	3,065
Elo (entering)	2,305	1,980
Career W-L	1,206–267	395–247
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 5 – 2 Marat Safin

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2005	SF	Tommy Haas	6-4 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2005	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2005	R16	Florian Mayer	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2005	R32	Robin Soderling	6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2005	SF	Guillermo Canas	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2005	QF	Olivier Rochus	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2005	R16	Fabrice Santoro	3-6 7-6(7) 3-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2005	R32	Alexander Popp	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data