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Roger Federer #5 def. Sjeng Schalken #19

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 22, 2003*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Sjeng Schalken
Duration	1h 6m

Stat	Roger Federer	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	9	0
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	58	45
First serve points won %	76	57
Second serve points won %	46	38
Break points saved %	33	17
Break points converted %	83	67
Service points won %	63	47
Return points won %	53	37
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Sjeng Schalken
Country	SUI	NED
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Sep 8, 1976
Age	21	26
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	5	19
Ranking points (entering)	2,530	1,540
Elo (entering)	1,958	1,807
Career W-L	1,206–267	280–254
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 1 – 1 Sjeng Schalken

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2003	R16	Fabrice Santoro	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2003	R32	Thomas Enqvist	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2003	SF	Max Mirnyi	7-5 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2003	R16	Olivier Rochus	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2003	R32	Christophe Rochus	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data