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Roger Federer #2 def. Xavier Malisse #45

6-3 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2011*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 6-3 6-1
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	1h 45m

Stat	Roger Federer	Xavier Malisse
Aces	6	4
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	60	60
First serve points won %	70	53
Second serve points won %	52	35
Break points saved %	33	59
Break points converted %	41	67
Service points won %	63	46
Return points won %	54	37
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Xavier Malisse
Country	SUI	BEL
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jul 19, 1980
Age	29	30
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	45
Ranking points (entering)	9,245	956
Elo (entering)	2,330	1,820
Career W-L	1,206–267	282–265
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 7 – 0 Xavier Malisse

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2011	R64	Gilles Simon	6-2 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2011	R128	Lukas Lacko	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2011	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2011	R64	Albert Montanes	6-4 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2011	R128	Pablo Andujar	6-1 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data