Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Novak Djokovic #1 def. Juan Martin del Potro #7

6-3 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 2013*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 7-6(4)
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	1h 45m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	7	7
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	63	65
First serve points won %	82	65
Second serve points won %	52	52
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	71	60
Return points won %	40	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	SRB	ARG
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Sep 23, 1988
Age	25	24
Height	188	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	12,960	4,410
Elo (entering)	2,476	2,189
Career W-L	1,122–223	416–172
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 7 – 0 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2013	QF	Andreas Seppi	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2013	R16	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2013	R32	Viktor Troicki	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2013	F	Tomas Berdych	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2013	QF	Daniel Brands	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2013	R16	Somdev Devvarman	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2013	R32	Marcos Baghdatis	4-6 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data