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Roger Federer #2 def. Ivo Karlovic #36

6-3 7-5 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jul 2, 2009*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 7-5 7-6(3)
Loser	Ivo Karlovic
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Roger Federer	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	7	23
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	62	70
First serve points won %	94	81
Second serve points won %	75	60
Break points saved %	—	0
Break points converted %	100	—
Service points won %	87	74
Return points won %	26	13
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Ivo Karlovic
Country	SUI	CRO
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Feb 28, 1979
Age	27	30
Height	185	211
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	36
Ranking points (entering)	10,620	1,295
Elo (entering)	2,299	1,885
Career W-L	1,206–267	357–333
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 8 – 1 Ivo Karlovic

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2009	R16	Robin Soderling	6-4 7-6(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2009	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3 6-2 6-7(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2009	R64	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2009	R128	Yen-Hsun Lu	7-5 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2009	SF	Tommy Haas	7-6(3) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2009	R16	Fernando Verdasco	7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2009	R32	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2009	R64	Steve Darcis	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2009	R128	Lukas Lacko	6-3 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data