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Roger Federer #2 def. Marin Cilic #6

6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-1
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	3h 3m

Stat	Roger Federer	Marin Cilic
Aces	24	16
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	60	62
First serve points won %	80	69
Second serve points won %	58	51
Break points saved %	78	54
Break points converted %	46	22
Service points won %	71	62
Return points won %	38	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Marin Cilic
Country	SUI	CRO
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Sep 28, 1988
Age	36	29
Height	185	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	6
Ranking points (entering)	9,605	3,805
Elo (entering)	2,405	2,132
Career W-L	1,206–267	572–344
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 8 – 1 Marin Cilic

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2018	SF	Hyeon Chung	6-1 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2018	QF	Tomas Berdych	7-6(1) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Marton Fucsovics	6-4 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Jan-Lennard Struff	6-4 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Aljaz Bedene	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2018	SF	Kyle Edmund	6-2 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2018	QF	Rafael Nadal	3-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Pablo Carreno Busta	6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(0) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Ryan Harrison	7-6(4) 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Joao Sousa	6-1 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Vasek Pospisil	6-2 6-2 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data