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Tim Henman #6 def. Roger Federer #106

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 9, 1999*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Tim Henman	Roger Federer
Aces	8	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	69	68
First serve points won %	71	52
Second serve points won %	60	56
Break points saved %	33	60
Break points converted %	40	67
Service points won %	68	53
Return points won %	47	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Roger Federer
Country	GBR	SUI
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Aug 8, 1981
Age	25	18
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	106
Ranking points (entering)	2,300	472
Elo (entering)	1,837	1,584
Career W-L	468–260	1,206–267
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 0 – 0 Roger Federer

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1999	R16	Andrei Medvedev	5-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	George Bastl	5-7 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1999	SF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1999	R16	Alexander Popp	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	Martin Damm Sr	6-2 3-6 6-4	W	—	Match data