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Roger Federer #1 def. Janko Tipsarevic #49

6-7(5) 7-6(1) 5-7 6-1 10-8

Match Information

Date Jan 20, 2008*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Roger Federer
Score6-7(5) 7-6(1) 5-7 6-1 10-8
Loser Janko Tipsarevic
Duration4h 25m
StatRoger FedererJanko Tipsarevic
Aces3912
Double faults16
First serve %6451
First serve points won %8971
Second serve points won %5557
Break points saved %076
Break points converted %24100
Service points won %7764
Return points won %3623
Total points won %5446

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRoger FedererJanko Tipsarevic
Country SUI SRB
Birth dateAug 8, 1981Jun 22, 1984
Age2623
Height185180
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)149
Ranking points (entering)7,180657
Elo (entering)2,3331,771
Career W-L1,206–267245–240
Career earnings$130,594,339$8,616,024
Pre-match H2H
Roger Federer 0 0 Janko Tipsarevic

Path

Roger Federer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 2008R64 Fabrice Santoro 6-1 6-2 6-0WH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2008R128 Diego Hartfield 6-0 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch data

Roger Federer's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 22, 2008R16 Tomas Berdych 6-4 7-6(7) 6-3WH2HMatch data

Janko Tipsarevic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 2008R64 Fernando Verdasco 7-5 7-6(3) 7-6(3)WH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2008R128 Joseph Sirianni 7-5 6-2 6-7(6) 0-6 6-0WH2HMatch data