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Novak Djokovic #3 def. David Ferrer #14

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 2009*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	David Ferrer
Aces	3	4
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	71	59
First serve points won %	67	51
Second serve points won %	50	54
Break points saved %	25	29
Break points converted %	71	75
Service points won %	62	53
Return points won %	47	38
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	David Ferrer
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Apr 2, 1982
Age	21	26
Height	188	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	14
Ranking points (entering)	9,010	2,875
Elo (entering)	2,102	1,918
Career W-L	1,122–223	700–368
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 3 – 3 David Ferrer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	SF	Gilles Simon	3-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	QF	Marin Cilic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2009	R16	Jan Hernych	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2009	R32	Flavio Cipolla	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	SF	Richard Gasquet	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	QF	Igor Andreev	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2009	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2009	R32	Ivan Ljubicic	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data