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Novak Djokovic #2 def. Fernando Verdasco #42

4-6 7-6(7) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 7, 2017*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	4-6 7-6(7) 6-3
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	3	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	61	69
First serve points won %	79	63
Second serve points won %	42	52
Break points saved %	57	43
Break points converted %	57	43
Service points won %	65	59
Return points won %	41	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Fernando Verdasco
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Nov 15, 1983
Age	29	33
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	42
Ranking points (entering)	11,780	1,035
Elo (entering)	2,452	1,882
Career W-L	1,122–223	549–441
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 8 – 4 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2017	QF	Radek Stepanek	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2017	R16	Horacio Zeballos	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2017	R32	Jan-Lennard Struff	7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2017	F	Andy Murray	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2017	QF	Ivo Karlovic	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2017	R16	David Goffin	6-1 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2017	R32	Vasek Pospisil	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data