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Roger Federer #1 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #101

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 27, 2012*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration	1h 26m

Stat	Roger Federer	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	10	4
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	58	46
First serve points won %	80	78
Second serve points won %	68	54
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	75	65
Return points won %	35	25
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	SUI	FRA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jan 12, 1982
Age	31	30
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	101
Ranking points (entering)	12,165	538
Elo (entering)	2,379	1,816
Career W-L	1,206–267	268–297
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 5 – 0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2012	QF	Benoit Paire	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2012	R16	Thomaz Bellucci	6-3 6-7(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2012	R32	Benjamin Becker	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2012	F	Juan Martin del Potro	4-6 7-6(5) 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2012	QF	Grigor Dimitrov	7-6(2) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2012	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2012	R32	Henri Laaksonen	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data