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Roger Federer #2 def. Novak Djokovic #3

6-3 5-7 7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 5-7 7-5 6-2
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	2h 44m

Stat	Roger Federer	Novak Djokovic
Aces	20	6
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	64	65
First serve points won %	76	71
Second serve points won %	60	45
Break points saved %	50	58
Break points converted %	42	50
Service points won %	70	62
Return points won %	38	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Novak Djokovic
Country	SUI	SRB
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	May 22, 1987
Age	27	21
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	5,930	5,105
Elo (entering)	2,214	2,176
Career W-L	1,206–267	1,122–223
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 5 – 2 Novak Djokovic

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2008	QF	Gilles Muller	7-6(5) 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Igor Andreev	6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Radek Stepanek	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Thiago Alves	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Maximo Gonzalez	6-3 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2008	F	Andy Murray	6-2 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2008	QF	Andy Roddick	6-2 6-3 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Tommy Robredo	4-6 6-2 6-3 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Marin Cilic	6-7(7) 7-5 6-4 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Robert Kendrick	7-6(8) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Arnaud Clement	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data