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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #38

4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(2)
Loser	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Duration	3h 5m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Aces	11	15
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	56	71
First serve points won %	78	71
Second serve points won %	63	46
Break points saved %	60	67
Break points converted %	33	40
Service points won %	71	64
Return points won %	36	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	SRB	FRA
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Apr 17, 1985
Age	20	22
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	38
Ranking points (entering)	4,315	789
Elo (entering)	2,151	1,940
Career W-L	1,122–223	445–228
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 0 – 0 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2008	SF	Roger Federer	7-5 6-3 7-6(5)	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2008	SF	Rafael Nadal	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	7-5 6-0 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Richard Gasquet	6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Sam Warburg	6-4 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Andy Murray	7-5 6-4 0-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data