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Juan Martin del Potro #8 def. Roger Federer #1

6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Oct 28, 2012*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(3)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 44m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Roger Federer
Aces	10	18
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	56	68
First serve points won %	87	76
Second serve points won %	61	64
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	76	72
Return points won %	28	24
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Roger Federer
Country	ARG	SUI
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Aug 8, 1981
Age	24	31
Height	198	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	1
Ranking points (entering)	3,740	12,165
Elo (entering)	2,209	2,380
Career W-L	416–172	1,206–267
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 2 – 12 Roger Federer

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2012	SF	Richard Gasquet	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2012	QF	Kevin Anderson	3-6 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2012	R16	Brian Baker	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2012	R32	Alejandro Falla	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2012	SF	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2012	QF	Benoit Paire	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2012	R16	Thomaz Bellucci	6-3 6-7(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2012	R32	Benjamin Becker	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data