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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Roger Federer #2

4-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 2, 2009*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	4-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 11m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Aces	3	6
Double faults	6	3
First serve %	50	49
First serve points won %	64	72
Second serve points won %	56	41
Break points saved %	73	38
Break points converted %	62	27
Service points won %	60	57
Return points won %	43	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Country	SRB	SUI
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Aug 8, 1981
Age	21	27
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	9,160	10,060
Elo (entering)	2,177	2,201
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,206–267
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 3 – 6 Roger Federer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Albert Montanes	7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2009	F	Rafael Nadal	6-7(2) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	QF	Mischa Zverev	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Radek Stepanek	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Ivo Karlovic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data