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

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

Match Information

Date	Mar 3, 2012*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(5) 7-6(6)
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	2h

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Sep 23, 1988
Age	30	23
Height	185	198
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)	2,333	2,152
Career W-L	1,206–267	416–172
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 9 – 2 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Roger Federer's path

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

Roger Federer's next match

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

Juan Martin del Potro's path

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