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Roger Federer #1 def. Julien Benneteau #55

6-4 7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 3, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-4 7-5 7-5
Loser	Julien Benneteau
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Roger Federer	Julien Benneteau
Aces	6	5
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	53	63
First serve points won %	77	51
Second serve points won %	57	64
Break points saved %	70	62
Break points converted %	38	30
Service points won %	67	56
Return points won %	44	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Julien Benneteau
Country	SUI	FRA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Dec 20, 1981
Age	26	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	55
Ranking points (entering)	6,675	670
Elo (entering)	2,233	1,845
Career W-L	1,206–267	269–292
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$9,556,742

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 1 – 0 Julien Benneteau

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Mario Ancic	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Albert Montanes	6-7(5) 6-1 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Sam Querrey	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2008	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	2-6 6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Robin Soderling	1-6 7-6(6) 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Alejandro Falla	1-6 7-6(6) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Vincent Spadea	6-4 6-4 3-6 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data