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Roger Federer #3 def. John Isner #11

7-6(7) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 18, 2012*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(7) 6-3
Loser	John Isner
Duration	1h 22m

Stat	Roger Federer	John Isner
Aces	7	4
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	62	73
First serve points won %	94	71
Second serve points won %	67	47
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	84	65
Return points won %	35	16
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	John Isner
Country	SUI	USA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Apr 26, 1985
Age	30	26
Height	185	208
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	11
Ranking points (entering)	8,710	2,120
Elo (entering)	2,380	2,043
Career W-L	1,206–267	467–293
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$22,433,361

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 2 – 0 John Isner

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2012	SF	Rafael Nadal	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2012	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2012	R16	Thomaz Bellucci	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Milos Raonic	6-7(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Denis Kudla	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Isner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2012	SF	Novak Djokovic	7-6(7) 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2012	QF	Gilles Simon	6-3 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2012	R16	Matthew Ebden	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Juan Monaco	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Frederico Gil	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data