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Roger Federer #1 def. Marat Safin #75

6-3 7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 2008*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Roger Federer	Marat Safin
Aces	15	13
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	67	67
First serve points won %	77	74
Second serve points won %	80	55
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	78	68
Return points won %	32	22
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Marat Safin
Country	SUI	RUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jan 27, 1980
Age	26	28
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	75
Ranking points (entering)	6,900	530
Elo (entering)	2,266	1,895
Career W-L	1,206–267	395–247
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 7 – 2 Marat Safin

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Mario Ancic	6-1 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	7-6(7) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2008	R32	Marc Gicquel	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Robin Soderling	6-3 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Dominik Hrbaty	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 2008	F	Rafael Nadal	4-6 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(8) 7-9	L	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2008	QF	Feliciano Lopez	3-6 7-5 7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 2008	R16	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 6-3 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2008	R32	Andreas Seppi	7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2008	R64	Novak Djokovic	6-4 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2008	R128	Fabio Fognini	6-1 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data