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Roger Federer #1 def. Nicolas Kiefer #38

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 14, 2008*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	1h 5m

Stat	Roger Federer	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	7	4
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	63	45
First serve points won %	73	83
Second serve points won %	59	41
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	68	60
Return points won %	40	32
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	26	30
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	38
Ranking points (entering)	6,675	895
Elo (entering)	2,232	1,891
Career W-L	1,206–267	343–252
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 10 – 3 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2008	QF	Marcos Baghdatis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2008	R16	Jan Vacek	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2008	R32	Michael Berrer	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 2008	F	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2008	QF	Michael Llodra	4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2008	R16	Mikhail Youzhny	6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2008	R32	Robin Haase	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data