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Roger Federer #1 def. Gael Monfils #30

6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 2006*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	Roger Federer	Gael Monfils
Aces	2	12
Double faults	0	8
First serve %	58	49
First serve points won %	70	66
Second serve points won %	62	41
Break points saved %	67	80
Break points converted %	20	33
Service points won %	67	53
Return points won %	47	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Gael Monfils
Country	SUI	FRA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Sep 1, 1986
Age	24	19
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	30
Ranking points (entering)	6,725	979
Elo (entering)	2,352	1,804
Career W-L	1,206–267	569–356
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 0 – 0 Gael Monfils

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2006	SF	Tommy Haas	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2006	QF	Marcos Baghdatis	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2006	R16	Fabrice Santoro	7-6(2) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2006	R32	Ivo Minar	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2006	SF	Filippo Volandri	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2006	QF	Dmitry Tursunov	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2006	R16	Wesley Moodie	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2006	R32	Tomas Zib	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data