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Roger Federer #1 def. Nicolas Kiefer #25

6-3 5-7 6-0 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 5-7 6-0 6-2
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	2h 40m

Stat	Roger Federer	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	7	14
Double faults	5	7
First serve %	66	51
First serve points won %	71	71
Second serve points won %	67	38
Break points saved %	75	68
Break points converted %	32	25
Service points won %	70	55
Return points won %	45	30
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	SUI	GER
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jul 5, 1977
Age	24	28
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	25
Ranking points (entering)	6,725	1,215
Elo (entering)	2,363	1,935
Career W-L	1,206–267	343–252
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 7 – 3 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2006	QF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-4 3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(5)	W	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 30, 2006	F	Marcos Baghdatis	5-7 7-5 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2006	QF	Sebastien Grosjean	6-3 0-6 6-4 6-7(1) 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2006	R16	Juan Ignacio Chela	7-6(4) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-3 6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Boris Pashanski	4-6 6-1 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-7(5) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data