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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Radek Stepanek #27

6-0 1-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	May 10, 2008*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-0 1-0 (ret.)
Loser	Radek Stepanek
Duration	34m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Radek Stepanek
Aces	2	0
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	68	62
First serve points won %	85	30
Second serve points won %	83	17
Break points saved %	—	0
Break points converted %	100	—
Service points won %	84	25
Return points won %	75	16
Total points won %	80	20

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Radek Stepanek
Country	SRB	CZE
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Nov 27, 1978
Age	20	29
Height	188	186
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	27
Ranking points (entering)	4,750	1,060
Elo (entering)	2,155	1,912
Career W-L	1,122–223	366–283
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$11,343,464

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 2 – 1 Radek Stepanek

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2008	QF	Nicolas Almagro	6-1 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2008	R16	Igor Andreev	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2008	R32	Steve Darcis	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2008	F	Stan Wawrinka	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Radek Stepanek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2008	QF	Roger Federer	7-6(4) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2008	R16	Luis Horna	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2008	R32	David Ferrer	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2008	R64	Jarkko Nieminen	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data