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Roger Federer #1 def. Nikolay Davydenko #5

6-4 3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-4 3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(5)
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	3h 13m

Stat	Roger Federer	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	6	1
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	62	77
First serve points won %	74	70
Second serve points won %	53	42
Break points saved %	50	60
Break points converted %	40	50
Service points won %	66	64
Return points won %	36	34
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	SUI	RUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jun 2, 1981
Age	24	24
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	6,725	2,355
Elo (entering)	2,359	1,925
Career W-L	1,206–267	467–324
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 5 – 0 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2006	R16	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-0 3-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Max Mirnyi	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Florian Mayer	6-1 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Denis Istomin	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2006	SF	Nicolas Kiefer	6-3 5-7 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2006	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	4-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Nathan Healey	6-2 5-7 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Kevin Kim	4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Ivo Karlovic	7-5 4-6 3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data