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Roger Federer #1 def. Potito Starace #145

6-3 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 10, 2004*
Tournament	Gstaad
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3
Loser	Potito Starace
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Roger Federer	Potito Starace
Aces	7	2
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	64	77
First serve points won %	78	65
Second serve points won %	68	55
Break points saved %	75	78
Break points converted %	22	25
Service points won %	74	62
Return points won %	38	26
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Potito Starace
Country	SUI	ITA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jul 14, 1981
Age	22	22
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	145
Ranking points (entering)	5,610	276
Elo (entering)	2,223	1,637
Career W-L	1,206–267	147–188
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$3,796,316

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 0 – 0 Potito Starace

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2004	QF	Radek Stepanek	6-1 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 2004	R16	Ivo Karlovic	6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2004	R32	Tomas Behrend	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 2004	F	Igor Andreev	6-2 6-3 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Potito Starace's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2004	QF	Jiri Novak	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 2004	R16	Victor Hanescu	3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2004	R32	David Sanchez	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data