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Felix Mantilla #20 def. Roger Federer #5

7-5 6-2 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	May 12, 2003*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Felix Mantilla
Score	7-5 6-2 7-6(8)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Felix Mantilla	Roger Federer
Aces	0	8
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	78	49
First serve points won %	62	69
Second serve points won %	48	49
Break points saved %	82	45
Break points converted %	55	18
Service points won %	59	59
Return points won %	41	41
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Felix Mantilla	Roger Federer
Country	ESP	SUI
Birth date	Sep 23, 1974	Aug 8, 1981
Age	28	21
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,255	2,890
Elo (entering)	1,881	2,028
Career W-L	307–218	1,206–267
Career earnings	$5,332,214	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Felix Mantilla 0 – 1 Roger Federer

Path

Felix Mantilla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2003	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4-6 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2003	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2003	R16	Albert Costa	7-5 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2003	R32	Mardy Fish	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2003	R64	David Nalbandian	6-3 1-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Felix Mantilla'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
May 11, 2003	SF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-4 4-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2003	QF	Filippo Volandri	6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2003	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2003	R32	Mariano Zabaleta	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2003	R64	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data