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Wayne Ferreira #19 def. Roger Federer #18

7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 12, 2001*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Wayne Ferreira
Score	7-6(4) 6-2
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 23m

Stat	Wayne Ferreira	Roger Federer
Aces	1	5
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	49	51
First serve points won %	70	54
Second serve points won %	47	56
Break points saved %	60	33
Break points converted %	67	40
Service points won %	59	55
Return points won %	45	41
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Wayne Ferreira	Roger Federer
Country	RSA	SUI
Birth date	Sep 15, 1971	Aug 8, 1981
Age	29	19
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	19	18
Ranking points (entering)	1,390	1,410
Elo (entering)	1,801	1,933
Career W-L	483–314	1,206–267
Career earnings	$9,969,617	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Wayne Ferreira 0 – 1 Roger Federer

Path

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2001	R32	Greg Rusedski	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2001	R64	Dominik Hrbaty	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2001	QF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2001	R32	Marat Safin	4-6 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2001	R64	Thomas Johansson	7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data