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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Roger Federer #2

6-2 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2012*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-2 7-6(4)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 40m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Aces	1	6
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	58	49
First serve points won %	82	78
Second serve points won %	57	48
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	71	63
Return points won %	37	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Country	SRB	SUI
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Aug 8, 1981
Age	24	30
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	11,200	9,430
Elo (entering)	2,371	2,386
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,206–267
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 10 – 13 Roger Federer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Juan Monaco	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R32	Bernard Tomic	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2012	F	Rafael Nadal	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	QF	Andreas Seppi	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2012	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-2 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R32	Carlos Berlocq	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data