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Roger Federer #1 def. Novak Djokovic #4

7-6(3) 7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(3) 7-5 7-5
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	2h 34m

Stat	Roger Federer	Novak Djokovic
Aces	8	6
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	58	68
First serve points won %	78	68
Second serve points won %	61	54
Break points saved %	67	70
Break points converted %	30	33
Service points won %	71	63
Return points won %	37	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Novak Djokovic
Country	SUI	SRB
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	May 22, 1987
Age	28	22
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	12,040	7,660
Elo (entering)	2,350	2,189
Career W-L	1,206–267	1,122–223
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 7 – 4 Novak Djokovic

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2009	QF	Robin Soderling	6-0 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Tommy Robredo	7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Lleyton Hewitt	4-6 6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Simon Greul	6-3 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Devin Britton	6-1 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 2009	F	Juan Martin del Potro	6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 6-7(4) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2009	QF	Fernando Verdasco	7-6(2) 1-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Radek Stepanek	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Jesse Witten	6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Carsten Ball	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Ivan Ljubicic	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data