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Andy Murray #4 def. Roger Federer #2

3-6 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 18, 2008*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	3-6 6-3 7-5
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 57m

Stat	Andy Murray	Roger Federer
Aces	14	7
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	62	66
First serve points won %	85	71
Second serve points won %	52	55
Break points saved %	67	78
Break points converted %	22	33
Service points won %	72	65
Return points won %	35	28
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Roger Federer
Country	GBR	SUI
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Aug 8, 1981
Age	21	27
Height	191	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,995	5,930
Elo (entering)	2,164	2,267
Career W-L	703–264	1,206–267
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 2 – 2 Roger Federer

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2008	QF	Gael Monfils	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2008	R16	Marin Cilic	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2008	R32	Simone Bolelli	6-0 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2008	F	Gilles Simon	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2008	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2008	R16	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2008	R32	Radek Stepanek	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data