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Roger Federer #1 def. Jiri Novak #19

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 12, 2004*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	53m

Stat	Roger Federer	Jiri Novak
Aces	4	1
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	62	65
First serve points won %	81	72
Second serve points won %	79	53
Break points saved %	—	67
Break points converted %	33	—
Service points won %	80	65
Return points won %	35	20
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Jiri Novak
Country	SUI	CZE
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Mar 22, 1975
Age	22	29
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	19
Ranking points (entering)	5,610	1,310
Elo (entering)	2,163	1,812
Career W-L	1,206–267	318–250
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 4 – 4 Jiri Novak

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2004	QF	Arnaud Clement	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2004	R16	Mikhail Youzhny	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2004	R32	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2004	F	Mardy Fish	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2004	QF	Tommy Haas	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 11, 2004	R16	Marco Chiudinelli	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2004	R32	Ivan Ljubicic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data