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Roger Federer #2 def. Juan Martin del Potro #6

6-3 6-0 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 6-0 6-0
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	Roger Federer	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	12	5
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	70	59
First serve points won %	86	46
Second serve points won %	75	33
Break points saved %	—	36
Break points converted %	64	—
Service points won %	83	41
Return points won %	59	17
Total points won %	70	30

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Sep 23, 1988
Age	27	20
Height	185	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	6
Ranking points (entering)	10,700	4,060
Elo (entering)	2,208	2,055
Career W-L	1,206–267	416–172
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 3 – 0 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Tomas Berdych	4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Marat Safin	6-3 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Evgeny Korolev	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Andreas Seppi	6-1 7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2009	SF	Andy Roddick	6-2 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Marin Cilic	5-7 6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Gilles Muller	6-7(5) 7-5 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Florian Mayer	6-1 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Mischa Zverev	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data