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Roger Federer #1 def. Nicolas Almagro #54

6-3 6-7(2) 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 14, 2006*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 6-7(2) 7-5
Loser	Nicolas Almagro
Duration	2h 33m

Stat	Roger Federer	Nicolas Almagro
Aces	9	1
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	62	72
First serve points won %	71	62
Second serve points won %	57	55
Break points saved %	78	64
Break points converted %	36	22
Service points won %	66	60
Return points won %	40	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Nicolas Almagro
Country	SUI	ESP
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Aug 21, 1985
Age	24	20
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	54
Ranking points (entering)	7,160	714
Elo (entering)	2,347	1,809
Career W-L	1,206–267	385–272
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$10,752,234

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 1 – 0 Nicolas Almagro

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Radek Stepanek	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Potito Starace	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	SF	David Nalbandian	6-3 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	7-6(6) (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Jose Acasuso	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Nicolas Massu	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data