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Roger Federer #2 def. David Goffin #11

7-6(3) 1-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 2018*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(3) 1-1 (ret.)
Loser	David Goffin
Duration	1h 2m

Stat	Roger Federer	David Goffin
Aces	9	1
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	71	63
First serve points won %	75	69
Second serve points won %	69	62
Break points saved %	—	100
Break points converted %	0	—
Service points won %	73	67
Return points won %	33	27
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	David Goffin
Country	SUI	BEL
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Dec 7, 1990
Age	37	27
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	11
Ranking points (entering)	6,480	3,085
Elo (entering)	2,331	2,035
Career W-L	1,206–267	325–264
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$19,152,070

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 6 – 1 David Goffin

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	QF	Stan Wawrinka	6-7(2) 7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2018	R16	Leonardo Mayer	6-1 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2018	R32	Peter Gojowczyk	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2018	F	Novak Djokovic	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Goffin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	7-6(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2018	R16	Kevin Anderson	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2018	R32	Benoit Paire	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2018	R64	Stefanos Tsitsipas	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data