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Roger Federer #7 def. Borna Coric #13

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 2019*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Borna Coric
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Roger Federer	Borna Coric
Aces	7	1
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	57	63
First serve points won %	80	54
Second serve points won %	68	41
Break points saved %	—	56
Break points converted %	44	—
Service points won %	75	49
Return points won %	51	25
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Borna Coric
Country	SUI	CRO
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Nov 14, 1996
Age	37	22
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	7	13
Ranking points (entering)	4,100	2,605
Elo (entering)	2,242	2,017
Career W-L	1,206–267	200–187
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$13,515,306

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 2 – 2 Borna Coric

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2019	QF	Marton Fucsovics	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2019	R16	Fernando Verdasco	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2019	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2019	F	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Borna Coric's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2019	QF	Nikoloz Basilashvili	4-6 6-2 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2019	R16	Tomas Berdych	1-6 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2019	R32	Jiri Vesely	7-5 3-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data