Roger Federer #2 def. Gilles Simon #34

6-2 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3

Roger Federer defeated Gilles Simon 6-2 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 in the 2011 Australian Open second round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 20, 2011*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2011
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R64
Duration: 3h 13m

Match Statistics

Stat	Roger Federer	Gilles Simon
Aces	11	8
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	61	57
First serve points won %	79	56
Second serve points won %	43	55
Break points saved %	44	56
Break points converted %	44	56
Service points won %	65	55
Return points won %	45	35
Total points won %	54	46

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Gilles Simon
Country	SUI	FRA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Dec 27, 1984
Age	29	26
Height	185 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	34
Ranking points (entering)	9,245	1,210
Elo (entering)	2,325	1,969
Current career W-L	1,219–272	499–383
Current career earnings	$130,594,339	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer #2 0 – 2 Gilles Simon #34

Path

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lukas Lacko #97	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2011	R128

Roger Federer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Xavier Malisse #45	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 2011	R32

Gilles Simon's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yen-Hsun Lu #37	6-7(3) 6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2011	R128