Andy Murray #4 def. Roger Federer #2

3-6 6-3 7-5

Andy Murray defeated Roger Federer 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the 2008 Madrid Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 18, 2008*
Tournament: Madrid Open
Edition: 2008
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 57m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Roger Federer
Country	GBR	SUI
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Aug 8, 1981
Age	21	27
Height	191 cm	185 cm
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)	2,148	2,254
Current career W-L	715–265	1,219–272
Current career earnings	$64,687,542	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray #4 2 – 2 Roger Federer #2

Path

Andy Murray's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gael Monfils #18	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 18, 2008	QF
Marin Cilic #24	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 2008	R16
Simone Bolelli #43	6-0 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 2008	R32

Andy Murray's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gilles Simon #16	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 19, 2008	F

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Juan Martin del Potro #9	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 18, 2008	QF
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #15	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 2008	R16
Radek Stepanek #30	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 2008	R32