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Roger Federer #8 def. Novak Djokovic #2

3-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 2014*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	3-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	1h 46m

Stat	Roger Federer	Novak Djokovic
Aces	7	5
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	60	62
First serve points won %	76	68
Second serve points won %	58	58
Break points saved %	83	57
Break points converted %	43	17
Service points won %	69	64
Return points won %	36	31
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Novak Djokovic
Country	SUI	SRB
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	May 22, 1987
Age	32	26
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	2
Ranking points (entering)	4,305	10,580
Elo (entering)	2,223	2,437
Career W-L	1,206–267	1,122–223
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 15 – 15 Novak Djokovic

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2014	QF	Lukas Rosol	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2014	R16	Radek Stepanek	6-2 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2014	R32	Benjamin Becker	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2014	F	Tomas Berdych	3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2014	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2014	R16	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2014	R32	Denis Istomin	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data