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Roger Federer #5 def. Juan Carlos Ferrero #3

6-4 4-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	May 11, 2003*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-4 4-2 (ret.)
Loser	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Duration	57m

Stat	Roger Federer	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Aces	3	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	40	62
First serve points won %	88	64
Second serve points won %	71	41
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	78	56
Return points won %	44	22
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Country	SUI	ESP
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Feb 12, 1980
Age	21	23
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,545	3,275
Elo (entering)	2,011	2,018
Career W-L	1,206–267	457–254
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$13,998,165

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 1 – 2 Juan Carlos Ferrero

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2003	F	Felix Mantilla	5-7 2-6 6-7(8)	L	H2H	Match data

Juan Carlos Ferrero's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2003	QF	Rainer Schuettler	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2003	R16	Gaston Gaudio	5-7 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2003	R32	Alex Corretja	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2003	R64	Mark Philippoussis	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data