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Fabrice Santoro #39 def. Roger Federer #96

6-3 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Oct 1, 1999*
Tournament	Toulouse
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Fabrice Santoro
Score	6-3 7-6(3)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Roger Federer
Aces	2	6
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	67	60
First serve points won %	77	61
Second serve points won %	63	45
Break points saved %	0	67
Break points converted %	33	100
Service points won %	72	55
Return points won %	45	28
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Roger Federer
Country	FRA	SUI
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Aug 8, 1981
Age	26	18
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	39	96
Ranking points (entering)	1,031	510
Elo (entering)	1,796	1,559
Career W-L	456–432	1,206–267
Career earnings	$10,013,832	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro 0 – 0 Roger Federer

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1999	R32	John Van Lottum	4-6 7-5 6-0	W	—	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1999	QF	Nicolas Escude	6-4 5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1999	R32	Rainer Schuettler	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data