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Roger Federer #2 def. Juan Carlos Ferrero #47

6-2 5-7 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 18, 2012*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-2 5-7 6-1
Loser	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	Roger Federer	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Aces	12	2
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	51	79
First serve points won %	85	62
Second serve points won %	62	41
Break points saved %	67	56
Break points converted %	44	33
Service points won %	74	58
Return points won %	42	26
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Country	SUI	ESP
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Feb 12, 1980
Age	30	32
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	47
Ranking points (entering)	9,430	880
Elo (entering)	2,383	1,849
Career W-L	1,206–267	457–254
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$13,998,165

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 9 – 3 Juan Carlos Ferrero

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R32	Carlos Berlocq	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2012	QF	Andreas Seppi	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Carlos Ferrero's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2012	R32	Gael Monfils	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2012	R64	Kevin Anderson	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data