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Novak Djokovic #10 def. Roger Federer #2

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 19, 2018*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Aces	4	11
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	66	58
First serve points won %	71	67
Second serve points won %	78	47
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	74	58
Return points won %	42	26
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Roger Federer
Country	SRB	SUI
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Aug 8, 1981
Age	31	37
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,445	6,480
Elo (entering)	2,254	2,336
Career W-L	1,122–223	1,206–267
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 24 – 21 Roger Federer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	SF	Marin Cilic	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	QF	Milos Raonic	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2018	R16	Grigor Dimitrov	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2018	R32	Adrian Mannarino	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2018	R64	Steve Johnson	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	SF	David Goffin	7-6(3) 1-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2018	QF	Stan Wawrinka	6-7(2) 7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2018	R16	Leonardo Mayer	6-1 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2018	R32	Peter Gojowczyk	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data