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Tomas Berdych #6 def. Roger Federer #2

3-6 7-6(8) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 2013*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Tomas Berdych
Score	3-6 7-6(8) 6-4
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Tomas Berdych	Roger Federer
Aces	8	13
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	58	58
First serve points won %	74	72
Second serve points won %	59	53
Break points saved %	78	82
Break points converted %	18	22
Service points won %	68	64
Return points won %	36	32
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tomas Berdych	Roger Federer
Country	CZE	SUI
Birth date	Sep 17, 1985	Aug 8, 1981
Age	27	31
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	2
Ranking points (entering)	4,545	9,855
Elo (entering)	2,147	2,316
Career W-L	594–321	1,206–267
Career earnings	$29,491,328	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Tomas Berdych 4 – 9 Roger Federer

Path

Tomas Berdych's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2013	QF	Dmitry Tursunov	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2013	R16	Tobias Kamke	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2013	R32	Rajeev Ram	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tomas Berdych's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2013	F	Novak Djokovic	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2013	QF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2013	R16	Marcel Granollers	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2013	R32	Malek Jaziri	5-7 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data