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Juan Martin del Potro #6 def. Roger Federer #1

3-6 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 13, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	3-6 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	4h 6m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Roger Federer
Aces	8	14
Double faults	6	11
First serve %	65	51
First serve points won %	72	72
Second serve points won %	56	55
Break points saved %	77	67
Break points converted %	33	23
Service points won %	67	64
Return points won %	36	33
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Roger Federer
Country	ARG	SUI
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Aug 8, 1981
Age	20	28
Height	198	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	1
Ranking points (entering)	5,325	12,040
Elo (entering)	2,241	2,364
Career W-L	416–172	1,206–267
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 0 – 6 Roger Federer

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 2009	SF	Rafael Nadal	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2009	QF	Marin Cilic	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Daniel Koellerer	6-1 3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Jurgen Melzer	7-6(6) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Juan Monaco	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 2009	SF	Novak Djokovic	7-6(3) 7-5 7-5	W	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