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Roger Federer #1 def. Nicolas Kiefer #38

6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 2005*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	3h

Stat	Roger Federer	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	7	12
Double faults	4	11
First serve %	61	54
First serve points won %	72	73
Second serve points won %	60	48
Break points saved %	67	55
Break points converted %	45	33
Service points won %	67	62
Return points won %	38	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	SUI	GER
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jul 5, 1977
Age	24	28
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	38
Ranking points (entering)	6,975	900
Elo (entering)	2,359	1,876
Career W-L	1,206–267	343–252
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 6 – 3 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Olivier Rochus	6-3 7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Fabrice Santoro	7-5 7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Ivo Minar	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2005	QF	David Nalbandian	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Arnaud Clement	6-4 6-7(5) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Radek Stepanek	4-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Jiri Vanek	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data