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Roger Federer #3 def. Potito Starace #293

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date May 15, 2013*
Tournament Rome Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Clay
RoundR32
Winner Roger Federer
Score6-1 6-2
Loser Potito Starace
Duration51m
StatRoger FedererPotito Starace
Aces42
Double faults00
First serve %7574
First serve points won %8354
Second serve points won %8025
Break points saved %10050
Break points converted %500
Service points won %8247
Return points won %5318
Total points won %6733

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRoger FedererPotito Starace
Country SUI ITA
Birth dateAug 8, 1981Jul 14, 1981
Age3131
Height185188
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)3293
Ranking points (entering)7,760150
Elo (entering)2,2651,542
Career W-L1,206–267147–188
Career earnings$130,594,339$3,796,316
Pre-match H2H
Roger Federer 5 0 Potito Starace

Path

Roger Federer's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Roger Federer's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 17, 2013R16 Gilles Simon 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data

Potito Starace's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 14, 2013R64 Radek Stepanek 4-6 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data