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Fabrice Santoro #50 def. Roger Federer #7

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date Oct 20, 2002*
Tournament Madrid Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Fabrice Santoro
Score7-5 6-3
Loser Roger Federer
Duration1h 18m
StatFabrice SantoroRoger Federer
Aces14
Double faults21
First serve %6273
First serve points won %7370
Second serve points won %5238
Break points saved %8350
Break points converted %5017
Service points won %6562
Return points won %3835
Total points won %5347

Pre-match Comparison

FieldFabrice SantoroRoger Federer
Country FRA SUI
Birth dateDec 9, 1972Aug 8, 1981
Age2921
Height178185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandOne-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)507
Ranking points (entering)7252,115
Elo (entering)1,7271,923
Career W-L456–4321,206–267
Career earnings$10,013,832$130,594,339
Pre-match H2H
Fabrice Santoro 1 1 Roger Federer

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 19, 2002R16 David Nalbandian 6-0 6-2WH2HMatch data
Oct 17, 2002R32 Tommy Haas 7-6(7) 4-1 (ret.)WH2HMatch data
Oct 16, 2002R64 Julien Boutter 6-3 7-6(4)WH2HMatch data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 20, 2002SF Jiri Novak 2-6 4-6LH2HMatch data

Roger Federer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 19, 2002R16 Nicolas Lapentti 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Oct 17, 2002R32 Marcelo Rios 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data