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Roger Federer #2 def. Mischa Zverev #76

7-6(3) 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 2, 2009*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(3) 6-2
Loser	Mischa Zverev
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Roger Federer	Mischa Zverev
Aces	2	4
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	65	65
First serve points won %	86	69
Second serve points won %	68	41
Break points saved %	—	80
Break points converted %	20	—
Service points won %	80	59
Return points won %	41	20
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Mischa Zverev
Country	SUI	GER
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Aug 22, 1987
Age	27	21
Height	185	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	76
Ranking points (entering)	10,060	960
Elo (entering)	2,198	1,760
Career W-L	1,206–267	134–199
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$5,739,081

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 0 – 0 Mischa Zverev

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Radek Stepanek	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Ivo Karlovic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2009	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-4 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mischa Zverev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2009	R16	Gilles Simon	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	3-6 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2009	R64	Tomas Berdych	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2009	Q2	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-7(7) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2009	Q1	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data