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Andy Murray #9 def. Novak Djokovic #3

7-6(4) 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Aug 3, 2008*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	7-6(4) 7-6(5)
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	Andy Murray	Novak Djokovic
Aces	1	6
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	52	57
First serve points won %	70	65
Second serve points won %	62	51
Break points saved %	60	50
Break points converted %	50	40
Service points won %	66	59
Return points won %	41	34
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Novak Djokovic
Country	GBR	SRB
Birth date	May 15, 1987	May 22, 1987
Age	21	21
Height	191	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,835	5,055
Elo (entering)	2,063	2,152
Career W-L	703–264	1,122–223
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 1 – 4 Novak Djokovic

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	SF	Ivo Karlovic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	QF	Carlos Moya	2-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2008	R16	Dmitry Tursunov	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2008	R32	Sam Querrey	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	SF	Rafael Nadal	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	QF	Ernests Gulbis	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2008	R16	Andreas Seppi	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2008	R32	Simone Bolelli	7-6(2) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data