Greg Rusedski #7 def. Roger Federer #93

6-3 6-4

Greg Rusedski defeated Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 in the 1999 Vienna Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 16, 1999*
Tournament: Vienna Open
Edition: 1999
Category: ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 2m

Match Statistics

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Roger Federer
Aces	7	4
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	65	65
First serve points won %	90	68
Second serve points won %	71	50
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	83	62
Return points won %	38	17
Total points won %	58	42

Player Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Roger Federer
Country	GBR	SUI
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Aug 8, 1981
Age	26	18
Height	193 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	93
Ranking points (entering)	2,278	525
Elo (entering)	1,963	1,657
Current career W-L	417–278	1,219–272
Current career earnings	$8,944,841	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski #7 0 – 0 Roger Federer #93

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sebastien Grosjean #30	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1999	QF
Andrei Medvedev #33	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1999	R16
Thomas Johansson #26	4-6 6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1999	R32

Greg Rusedski's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Kiefer #11	6-7(5) 2-6 6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 1999	F

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Karol Kucera #15	2-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1999	QF
Jiri Novak #34	7-6(8) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1999	R16
Vincent Spadea #21	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1999	R32