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Novak Djokovic #6 def. Fernando Verdasco #51

6-3 6-3 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 2007*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 6-3 7-6(1)
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	9	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	72	74
First serve points won %	68	64
Second serve points won %	59	40
Break points saved %	86	79
Break points converted %	21	14
Service points won %	65	58
Return points won %	42	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Fernando Verdasco
Country	SRB	ESP
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Nov 15, 1983
Age	20	23
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	51
Ranking points (entering)	2,810	695
Elo (entering)	2,056	1,752
Career W-L	1,122–223	549–441
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 0 – 2 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2007	R32	Olivier Patience	7-6(2) 2-6 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2007	R64	Laurent Recouderc	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2007	R128	Santiago Giraldo	6-3 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2007	QF	Igor Andreev	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2007	R32	David Ferrer	4-6 7-6(2) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2007	R64	Dmitry Tursunov	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2007	R128	Jerome Haehnel	4-6 6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data