Roger Federer #3 def. Juan Martin del Potro #10

7-6(5) 7-6(6)

Roger Federer defeated Juan Martin del Potro 7-6(5) 7-6(6) in the 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 3, 2012*
Tournament: Dubai Tennis Championships
Edition: 2012
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h

Match Statistics

Stat	Roger Federer	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	11	11
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	61	60
First serve points won %	89	68
Second serve points won %	62	72
Break points saved %	—	100
Break points converted %	0	—
Service points won %	78	70
Return points won %	30	22
Total points won %	52	48

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Sep 23, 1988
Age	30	23
Height	185 cm	198 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	10
Ranking points (entering)	8,235	2,705
Elo (entering)	2,347	2,151
Current career W-L	1,219–272	426–174
Current career earnings	$130,594,339	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer #3 9 – 2 Juan Martin del Potro #10

Path

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mikhail Youzhny #34	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 2, 2012	QF
Feliciano Lopez #15	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2012	R16
Michael Llodra #40	6-0 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 29, 2012	R32

Roger Federer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andy Murray #4	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 3, 2012	F

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #5	7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 2, 2012	QF
Andrey Golubev #143	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2012	R16
Alexandr Dolgopolov #20	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 29, 2012	R32