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Andy Roddick #6 def. Novak Djokovic #3

7-6(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 8, 2008*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Andy Roddick
Score	7-6(5) 6-3
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Andy Roddick	Novak Djokovic
Aces	14	9
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	69	74
First serve points won %	83	73
Second serve points won %	57	40
Break points saved %	100	80
Break points converted %	20	0
Service points won %	75	64
Return points won %	36	25
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Roddick	Novak Djokovic
Country	USA	SRB
Birth date	Aug 30, 1982	May 22, 1987
Age	25	20
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,140	5,010
Elo (entering)	2,042	2,146
Career W-L	577–196	1,122–223
Career earnings	$20,640,030	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Andy Roddick 0 – 1 Novak Djokovic

Path

Andy Roddick's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2008	QF	Rafael Nadal	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2008	R16	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 2008	R32	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Roddick's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2008	F	Feliciano Lopez	6-7(8) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2008	QF	Igor Andreev	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2008	R16	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 2008	R32	Marin Cilic	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data