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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Roger Federer #1

7-5 6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	7-5 6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Aces	13	10
Double faults	6	2
First serve %	68	62
First serve points won %	78	71
Second serve points won %	42	44
Break points saved %	78	64
Break points converted %	36	22
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Country	SRB	SUI
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Aug 8, 1981
Age	20	26
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	4,315	7,180
Elo (entering)	2,113	2,344
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,206–267
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 1 – 4 Roger Federer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	David Ferrer	6-0 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	7-5 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Sam Querrey	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Simone Bolelli	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Benjamin Becker	6-0 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2008	F	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	James Blake	7-5 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-4 7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Janko Tipsarevic	6-7(5) 7-6(1) 5-7 6-1 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Fabrice Santoro	6-1 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Diego Hartfield	6-0 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data