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Roger Federer #3 def. Nikolay Davydenko #49

4-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 2012*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Roger Federer	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	7	2
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	62	55
First serve points won %	70	66
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	71	77
Break points converted %	23	29
Service points won %	65	59
Return points won %	41	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	SUI	RUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jun 2, 1981
Age	30	30
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	49
Ranking points (entering)	8,010	875
Elo (entering)	2,316	1,864
Career W-L	1,206–267	467–324
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 15 – 2 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2012	QF	Jarkko Nieminen	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2012	R16	Mikhail Youzhny	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2012	R32	Nicolas Mahut	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2012	F	Juan Martin del Potro	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2012	QF	Richard Gasquet	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2012	R16	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-4 6-7(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2012	R32	Robin Haase	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data