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Roger Federer #1 def. Nikolay Davydenko #28

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 2005*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	1h 5m

Stat	Roger Federer	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	7	0
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	64	85
First serve points won %	73	73
Second serve points won %	76	25
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	74	65
Return points won %	35	26
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	SUI	RUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jun 2, 1981
Age	23	23
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	28
Ranking points (entering)	6,335	1,085
Elo (entering)	2,306	1,803
Career W-L	1,206–267	467–324
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 2 – 0 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2005	QF	Feliciano Lopez	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2005	R16	Greg Rusedski	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2005	R32	David Ferrer	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2005	F	Ivan Ljubicic	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2005	QF	Sebastien Grosjean	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2005	R16	Karol Beck	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2005	R32	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data