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Roger Federer #2 def. Gilles Muller #130

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(5) 6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Gilles Muller
Duration	2h 24m

Stat	Roger Federer	Gilles Muller
Aces	8	16
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	61	63
First serve points won %	86	78
Second serve points won %	65	56
Break points saved %	100	91
Break points converted %	9	0
Service points won %	78	69
Return points won %	31	22
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Gilles Muller
Country	SUI	LUX
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	May 9, 1983
Age	27	25
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	130
Ranking points (entering)	5,930	371
Elo (entering)	2,211	1,708
Career W-L	1,206–267	200–199
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$5,991,874

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 2 – 0 Gilles Muller

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Igor Andreev	6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Radek Stepanek	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Thiago Alves	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Maximo Gonzalez	6-3 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2008	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-3 5-7 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Muller's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	6-4 4-6 6-3 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Nicolas Almagro	6-7(3) 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Tommy Haas	2-6 2-6 7-6(5) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Laurent Recouderc	6-4 6-0 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2008	Q3	Tobias Kamke	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2008	Q2	Adrian Mannarino	7-6(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2008	Q1	Lamine Ouahab	6-7(9) 7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data