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Roger Federer #2 def. Radek Stepanek #19

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 1, 2009*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Radek Stepanek
Duration	1h 8m

Stat	Roger Federer	Radek Stepanek
Aces	5	1
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	43	53
First serve points won %	86	61
Second serve points won %	61	44
Break points saved %	80	43
Break points converted %	57	20
Service points won %	71	53
Return points won %	47	29
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Radek Stepanek
Country	SUI	CZE
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Nov 27, 1978
Age	27	30
Height	185	186
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	19
Ranking points (entering)	10,060	2,450
Elo (entering)	2,192	1,957
Career W-L	1,206–267	366–283
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$11,343,464

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 6 – 2 Radek Stepanek

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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	QF	Mischa Zverev	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Radek Stepanek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2009	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2009	R64	Florent Serra	7-6(1) 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data