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Novak Djokovic #3 def. David Ferrer #5

6-0 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-0 6-3 7-5
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	2h 12m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	David Ferrer
Aces	7	4
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	62	57
First serve points won %	76	56
Second serve points won %	51	44
Break points saved %	89	57
Break points converted %	43	11
Service points won %	67	51
Return points won %	49	33
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	David Ferrer
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Apr 2, 1982
Age	20	25
Height	188	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	5
Ranking points (entering)	4,315	2,615
Elo (entering)	2,092	2,048
Career W-L	1,122–223	700–368
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 2 – 3 David Ferrer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	7-5 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Sam Querrey	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Simone Bolelli	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Benjamin Becker	6-0 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2008	SF	Roger Federer	7-5 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7-5 3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Vincent Spadea	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Juan Martin del Potro	6-3 6-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data