Nice, Dusseldorf Sunday Briefing
Posted on May 20, 2012
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MEDIA NOTES 2012
by Greg Sharko
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20.05.2012
NICE TOURNAMENT PREVIEW – FOUR OF TOP 15 LEAD STRONG PRE-ROLAND GARROS TOURNAMENT
• The third book of a Open de Nice Côte d’Azur during a prestigious Nice Lawn Tennis Club facilities an superb 28-player margin with 4 of a Top 15 in a South African Airways ATP Rankings, led by tip seed and World No. 10 John Isner, who is creation his Nice debut.
• Other seeds are: No. 2 Gilles Simon, a No. 2 Frenchman on a ATP World Tour, No. 3 and reigning champion Nicolas Almagro of Spain, No. 4 Gael Monfils, a furious label entry, who reached a quartrer-finals dual years ago. They all perceived initial turn byes. Simon won his 10th career ATP World Tour pretension in Bucharest and Almagro his 11th pretension in Sao Paulo in February. He is second on a ATP World Tour with 20 compare wins on clay. The No. 5 seed is Aussie teen Bernard Tomic, No. 6 is Robin Haase of a Netherlands, No. 7 Denis Istomin of Ubekistan and No. 8 Fabio Fognini of Italy, a quarter-finalist during Roland Garos final year.
• On Sunday, there are 4 final turn subordinate matches along with dual categorical pull singles matches. In a initial compare on Centre Court, maestro Belgian Xavier Malisse takes a 2-0 career lead opposite Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei. Malisse’s best ATP World Tour outcome this deteriorate is a quarter-finals in Bucharest. In January, Lu modernized to a third turn during a Australian Open, his best display to date. In a subsequent compare on, a tip actor from Slovakia, Lukas Lacko, squares off with 19-year-old Tomic, who is a youngest actor in a draw. Tomic was a semi-finalist in a opening week of a deteriorate on home dirt in Brisbane. He is ranked No. 32, one off his career-high on May 7.
TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS
CITY: Nice, France
VENUE: Nice Lawn Tennis Club
DATE: May 20-26, 2012
CATEGORY: ATP World Tour 250
PRIZE MONEY: € 450,000
DRAW: 28 singles / 16 doubles
SURFACE: Clay
SINGLES FINAL: Saturday, May 26, during 2:00 p.m.
DOUBLES FINAL: Saturday, May 26, during noon
FIRST HELD: 2010
2011 FINALS
Singles – (3) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) d. Victor Hanescu (ROM) 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3
Doubles – (2) Butorac-Rojer d. (4) S. Gonzalez-Marrero 6-3, 6-4 – both personification with opposite partners
RECENT CHAMPIONS/FINALISTS
2011 Nicolas Almagro/Victor Hanescu
2010 Richard Gasquet/Fernando Verdasco
A LOOK AT THE DRAW
Seeded Players (Tournament record, best finish – year)
1 John Isner (USA) Debut
2 Gilles Simon (FRA) Debut
3 Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 4-0 W-’11
4 Gael Monfils (FRA) 1-1 QF-’10
5 Bernard Tomic (AUS) Debut
6 Robin Haase (NED) 2-1 QF-’11
7 Denis Istomin (UZB) 1-1 R16-’11
8 Fabio Fognini (ITA) 0-2 R32-’11,10
Wildcards: Juan Carlos Ferrero, Gael Monfils, Benoit Paire
Youngest: Bernard Tomic (19 years, 7 months)
Oldest: Juan Carlos Ferrero (32 years, 3 months)
Top Country Breakdown: France 4, Belgium 3, Australia 2, Italy 2, Spain 2, United States 2
* Does not embody qualifiers
RECENT CHAMPIONS
2011 Eric Butorac/Jean-Julien Rojer (not personification together)
2010 Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares
Doubles Seeded Teams (Tournament record, best finish – year)
1 Bryan / Bryan Debut
2 Bopanna / Marrero Debut
3 Qureshi / Rojer Debut
4 Cabal / S. Gonzalez Debut
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS ATP RANKINGS POINTS / PRIZE MONEY
Singles W F SF QF R16 R32
Rankings Pts. 250 150 90 45 20 0
Prize Money €71,900 37,860 20,510 11,686 6,885 4,080
Doubles W F SF QF R16
Rankings Pts. 250 150 90 45 0
Prize Money €21,800 11,480 6,220 3,560 2,100
About a ATP
The ATP is a ruling physique of a men’s veteran tennis circuits – a ATP World Tour, a ATP Challenger Tour and a ATP Champions Tour. With 62 tournaments in 31 countries, a ATP World Tour showcases a excellent masculine athletes competing in a world’s many sparkling venues. From Australia to Europe and a Americas to Asia, a stars of a ATP World Tour conflict for prestigious titles and South African Airways ATP Rankings points during ATP World Tour Masters 1000, 500 and 250 events, as good as Grand Slams (non ATP events). At a finish of a deteriorate usually a world’s tip 8 ranked men’s singles players and tip 8 doubles teams, formed on their opening via a year, will validate to contest for a final pretension of a deteriorate during a Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Held during The O2 in London, a eventuality will strictly climax a 2012 ATP World Tour No.1 in singles and doubles. For some-more information, greatfully revisit www.ATPWorldTour.com
SUNDAY FIRST ROUND FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In sequence of play
Centre Court
Xavier Malisse (BEL) vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) Malisse Leads 2-0
05 San Jose (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Xavier Malisse 6-2 6-3
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay R32 Xavier Malisse 6-2 6-2
Malisse FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Bucharest (l Balazs)
YTD W-L: 6-11
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 3
Date of Birth: Jul 19, 1980
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 83
Lu FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 4-4
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: Aug 14, 1983
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 59
Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs (5) Bernard Tomic (AUS) First ATP Meeting
Other meetng:
11 Delray Beach Q (U.S.A.) Hard – Lukas Lacko 7-5 6-3
Lacko FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
F: Zagreb (l Youzhny)
YTD W-L: 9-7
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: Nov 3, 1987
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 64
Tomic FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
SF: Brisbane (l Murray); QF: Delray Beach (l Isner); Munich (l Lopez)
YTD W-L: 17-11
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: Oct 21, 1992
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 32
OTHER FIRST ROUND HEAD-TO-HEADS – not including qualifiers
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS) Davydenko Leads 1-0
11 Washington (USA) Hard R32 Nikolay Davydenko 6-3 7-5
Alejandro Falla (COL) vs Denis Istomin (UZB) Falla Leads 1-0
12 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard R128 Alejandro Falla 6-1 2-1 ret
Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs Steve Darcis (BEL) First-time ATP Meeting
Other meetings:
04 Italy F5 (Teramo) Clay R32 Steve Darcis 6-3 6-4
07 San Remo CH (Italy) Clay SF Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-3
07 Furth CH (Germany) Clay SF Fabio Fognini 6-4 0-0 ret
09 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Q Clay – Fabio Fognini 3-6 6-1 6-1
Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs Olivier Rochus (BEL) Tied 1-1
05 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (USA) Hard R64 Olivier Rochus 4-6 6-3 6-1
07 Bastad (Sweden) Clay QF Filippo Volandri 6-1 6-2
Other meetings:
00 Biella CH (Italy) Clay SF Filippo Volandri 0-6 6-4 6-3
09 Cordenons CH (Italy) Clay SF Olivier Rochus 5-7 6-1 6-2
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs Benoit Paire (FRA) First Meeting
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) vs Robin Haase (NED) Ferrero Leads 1-0
06 ’s-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) Grass R32 Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-4 3-6 6-2
DUSSELDORF SUNDAY PREVIEW – FIVE-TIME CHAMP GERMANY LEADS 35th EDITION OF TOURNAMENT
• An considerable eight-country margin comprises a Power Horse World Team Cup with 6 former winners heading a way. Reigning champion and five-time leader Germany is followed by Argentina and a U.S. with 4 titles each, Czech Republic with two, Croatia and Serbia with one each.
• Leading off a Blue Group on Centre Court is Germany’s tip actor Philipp Kohlschreiber, who is creation his seventh coming and owns a career symbol of 11-9 in singles. Kohlschreiber, who progressing this month prisoner his fourth career ATP World Tour pretension in Munich, takes on Russian Alex Bogomolov Jr. for a second time. In their prior meeting, Bogomolov prevailed in 3 sets in St. Petersburg final October. The 24th-ranked Kohlschreiber is looking for his 20th compare win of a deteriorate (19-10) and Bogomolov is looking for his initial clay justice win (0-3).
• In a second compare on, a Red Group compare facilities Carlos Berlocq of Argentina and Andy Roddick accommodate for a initial time. Berlocq is creation his Duesseldorf entrance while Roddick earnings for a initial time given 2006. He is 1-2 here in dual visits. Berlocq is compiling a best deteriorate of his career with a 16-11 compare record (13-8 on clay). In February, he modernized to his initial career ATP World Tour final in Vina del Mar. Roddick has been perplexing to overcome off and on injuries and this is his initial contest given a fourth turn display in Miami on Mar 27. This is Roddick’s deteriorate entrance on clay.
• In a third compare on, another Blue Group compare takes place with Viktor Troicki of Serbia and Ivan Dodig of Croatia squaring off for a initial time. Troicki is creation his fourth true revisit to Duesseldorf (6-4 record) and he helped his nation to a pretension 3 years ago. He is ranked No. 29 and is 11-13 on a deteriorate (3-6 on clay). Dodig is creation his contest entrance and he comes in with an 8-13 record (2-3 on clay). He is ranked No. 74.
• On Centre Court 2, Argentine Leonardo Mayer and American Ryan Harrison accommodate for a initial time as both players make their World Team Cup debut. Mayer is ranked No. 68 and while Harrison enters ranked a career-high No. 57. In a subsequent compare on, Radek Stepanek of a Czech Republic takes on Japan’s Tatsuma Ito. Stepanek played here in 2003-04 while Ito and Japan are creation their initial coming in Duesseldorf.
RED GROUP (Best Result) BLUE GROUP (Best Result)
Argentina (Winner – 1980, 2002, ’07, ‘10) Croatia (Winner – 2006)
Czech Republic (Winner – 1981, ’87) Germany (Winner – 1989, ’94, ’98, ’05, ‘11)
Japan (First Appearance) Russia (Runner-up – 2000-02, ‘08)
United States (Winner – 1982, ’84-85, ’93) Serbia (Winner – 2009)
2011 FINAL – Germany d. Argentina 2-1
Florian Mayer (GER) d. Juan Monaco 7-6(4), 6-0; Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) d. Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 7-6 (4); Kohlschreiber-Philipp Petzschner (GER) d. Chela-Maximo Gonzalez 6-3, 7-6(5)
MOST TITLES WON No.
1 Germany 5
2. Argentina 4
Spain 4
Sweden 4
United States 4
6 Australia 3
7 Czech Republic 2
Chile 2
POINTS BREAKDOWN
Here are a South African Airways ATP Ranking points breakdown, that are being awarded for a fourth year:
SINGLES 1st Rd. 2nd Rd. 3rd Rd. Finals* Cumulative Pts. *Bonus Pts. Total
No. 1 Position 35 35 35 95 200 50 250
No. 2 Position 25 25 25 50 125 50 175
DOUBLES
Deciding Match 35 35 35 95 200 50 250
Dead Rubber 10 10 10 20 50 – 50
* Player who usually plays a finals will be awarded points from a prior round
** Players contingency win all 4 matches be partial of a winning group in sequence to acquire reward points
PRIZE MONEY BREAKDOWN
Winning Team Finalist Third Fourth Place Fifth Sixth Place Seventh Eighth Place
€ 250,000 € 168,000 € 75,000 € 50,000 € 29,000
PLAYER DOUBLES BONUS MONEY – Player Winning Most Total Doubles Matches: € 10,700
Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place Sixth Place
€ 9,000 € 6,200 € 3,500 € 1,800 € 950
CENTRE COURT 1 –
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) Bogomolov Jr. 1-0
11 St. Petersburg (Russia) Hard R16 Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6-4 3-6 7-5
Other meeting:
05 Sunrise CH (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6-1 7-6(3)
Kohlschreiber FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
W: Munich (d Cilic); SF: Auckland (l Rochus); Montpellier (l Berdych); QF: Delray Beach (l Sela)
YTD W-L: 19-10 (5-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 1
Career Titles: 4
Date of Birth: Oct 16, 1983
South African Airways Ranking: 24
- Seventh Tournament Appearance (2002, ’06-11) in Duesseldorf (11-9 record)
Bogomolov Jr. FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Sydney (l Benneteau)
YTD W-L: 7-13 (0-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: Apr 23, 1983
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 44
- First Tournament Appearance
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) vs Andy Roddick (USA) First Meeting
Berlocq FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
F: Vina del Mar (l Monaco); QF: Sao Paulo (l Almagro); Buenos Aires (l Nalbandian); Acapulco (l Giraldo); Houston (l Lopez)
YTD W-L: 16-11 (13-8 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: Feb 3, 1983
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 38
- First Tournament Appearance
Roddick FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: San Jose (l Istomin); Delray Beach (l Anderson)
YTD W-L: 7-6 (0-0 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0
Career Titles: 30
Date of Birth: Aug 30, 1982
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 27
- Third Tournament Appearance (2002, ’06) in Duesseldorf (1-2 record)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO) First Meeting
Troicki FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Doha (l Monfils); Rotterdam (l Del Potro)
YTD W-L: 11-13 (3-6 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: Feb 10, 1986
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 29
- Fourth Tournament Appearance (2009-10-11) in Duesseldorf (6-4 record)
Dodig FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Zagreb (l Baghdatis)
YTD W-L: 8-13 (2-3 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 1
Date of Birth: Jan 2, 1985
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 74 - First Tournament Appearance
Centre Court 2 –
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs Ryan Harrison (USA) First ATP Meeting
Other Meeting:
11 Zagreb CH (Croatia) Clay R32 Leonardo Mayer 6-4 4-6 6-3
Mayer FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
QF: Sao Paulo (l Bellucci)
YTD W-L: 4-7 (3-4 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 15, 1987
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 68
- First Tournament Appearance
Harrison FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
SF: San Jose (l Raonic); QF: Houston (l Russell)
YTD W-L: 13-12 (4-5 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 7, 1992
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 57 (Career-high)
- First Tournament Appearance
Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Tatsuma Ito (JPN) First Meeting
Stepanek FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
SF: Memphis (l Melzer); QF: Brisbane (l Dolgopolov)
YTD W-L: 11-11 (2-4 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 5
Date of Birth: Nov 27, 1978
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 25
- Third Tournament Appearance (2003-04) in Duesseldorf (4-3 record)
Ito FastFacts:
2012 Highlights:
YTD W-L: 3-3 (1-1 on clay)
YTD Titles: 0/Career Titles: 0
Date of Birth: May 18, 1988
South African Airways 2012 ATP Ranking: 70 (Career-high)
- First Tournament Appearance
Djokovic To Face Nadal In 2011 Final Repeat
Posted on May 20, 2012
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INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA 2012
Rome, Italy
by ATP Staff
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19.05.2012
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will face No. 3-ranked Rafael Nadal in a repeat of final year’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia final after dismissing Roger Federer 6-2, 7-6(4) on Saturday dusk in Rome.
“Here he was winning convincingly in all his matches, so we knew he was in good form,” pronounced Djokovic. “I indispensable to step in a match, desiring we could win. we played unequivocally good from a commencement to a end.”
Djokovic won a Rome pretension for a second time when he dethroned five-time former champion Nadal in a 2011 finale. He also carried a prize during a Foro Italico in 2008 (d. Wawrinka) and will demeanour to win his 12th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 pretension in Sunday’s final.
Against Nadal, Djokovic will wish to revenge a better he suffered to a Spaniard in a Monte-Carlo final final month. Prior to that, he had won 7 unbroken meetings with Nadal, including a five-set epic in a Australian Open final in January.
“Rafa is a actor I’ve played opposite a many in my career. We’re all wakeful of his qualities on this surface, that suits him a best,” Djokovic said. “I’ll try to ready myself. Physically, I’m feeling good, and I’m encouraged as always, so we wish for a best.”
In their initial strife given a 2011 US Open final, when Djokovic saved dual compare points to prevail, story looked as yet it might repeat itself when Federer rallied from compare indicate down as Djokovic served for feat in a second set.
Having mislaid offer twice to obey a opener, Federer engineered his initial use mangle of a compare to pull turn during 5-5, though was subsequently denied in a tie-break as Djokovic claimed feat in one hour and 40 minutes.
The 30-year-old Federer came in carrying won 48 of his past 51 matches and 7 of his past 10 tournaments, including final week’s Mutua Madrid Open (d. Berdych). The Swiss, a four-time leader on a ATP World Tour this season, forsaken to a 31-4 compare record. He has never won a Rome title, finishing runner-up to Felix Mantilla in 2003 and Nadal in 2006.
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INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA 2012
Rome, Italy
by Greg Sharko
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19.05.2012
SUNDAY PREVIEW – FINAL REMATCH BETWEEN TOP TWO SEEDS DJOKOVIC NADAL
• The Internazionali BNL d’Italia’s Top 2 seeds have done it by to a final and will now block off for a pretension – a rematch of their championship strife from final year during a ATP Masters 1000 tournament. Both players have degraded Top 10 opponents in their final dual matches. This is a initial back-to-back final with a same players in a tournament’s story (since 1930).
• World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has usually mislaid one set in 4 matches this week, a initial set of his 46 62 63 third turn feat over No. 14 seed Juan Monaco, and he is now by to a 20th ATP Masters 1000 final of his career (11-8 mark). He is perplexing to constraint a third pretension here (2008 and 2011) and a usually other ATP Masters 1000 he has won 3 times is Miami (2007, 2011 and this year). Djokovic is personification in his 46th career ATP World Tour turn final (30-15 record), a 12th on clay (7-4). He is perplexing to turn a fifth actor to win a Rome pretension during slightest 3 times.
• World No. 3 Rafael Nadal will pierce behind to No. 2 if he wins a title, is a usually five-time leader in Rome history, capturing a climax in 2005-06-07, ’09-10. The usually years missing, 2008 and final year were won by Djokovic). The Spaniard has a 35-2 record here with 4 true set wins this week and is 15-1 on clay (14-0 on red clay and 28-0 in sets won). Nadal is personification in his 70th career ATP World Tour turn final (48-21 mark) as good as his 31st ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final (20-10). He is now tied with Roger Federer for a many ATP Masters1000 titles. Nadal is 34-4 lifetime in clay finals and Djokovic is one of dual players (Federer) to kick a Spaniard twice in a clay pretension match.
• Nadal leads a altogether head-to-head series, 17-14, including 10-2 on clay. This is their fourth assembly in Rome. Nadal won a initial dual in 2007 (QF) and ’09 (final) before Djokovic won in final year’s final. Nadal’s 63 61 win in their final assembly on Apr 22 in a Monte Carlo final on Apr 22 snapped a Spaniard’s seven-match losing strain opposite a Serb. Overall this is their 14th assembly in a final (Djokovic leads 7-6 though Nadal is adult 3-2 in clay finals).
• Nadal is 14-8 opposite reigning No. 1s (13-6 opposite Federer, 1-2 opposite Djokovic); in his usually time personification a World No. 1 in Rome he won, violence Federer behind in a 2006 final in 5 sets
WHAT’S AT STAKE –
Winner: € 460,260 and 1000 South African Airways ATP Ranking points
Runner-up: € 225,680 and 600 South African Airways ATP Ranking points
FINALS HISTORY –
Djokovic: Appearing in his 46th ATP World Tour turn final………………30-15 in finals (2-1 in ’12)
Appearing in his 20th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final……11-8 in finals (1-1 in ’12)
Appearing in his 12th clay justice final…………………………….7-4 in finals (0-1 in ’12)
Nadal: Appearing in his 70th ATP World Tour turn final………..…….48-21 in finals (2-1 in ’12)
Appearing in his 31st ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final…..20-10 in finals (1-0 in ’12)
Appearing in his 39th clay justice final……………………………34-4 in finals (2-0 in ’12)
ROAD TO THE FINAL
(1) Novak Djokovic (SRB #1)
1st Rd: bye
2nd Rd: d. Bernard Tomic (AUS #32) 63 63 (1:09)
3rd Rd: d. (14) Juan Monaco (ARG #15) 46 62 63 (2:20)
QF: d. (5) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA #5) 75 61 (1:23)
SF: d. (3) Roger Federer (SUI #2) 62 76(4) (1:39)
(2) Rafael Nadal (ESP #3)
1st Rd: bye
2nd Rd: d. Florian Mayer (GER #28) 61 75 (1:21)
3rd Rd: d. Marcel Granollers (ESP #26) 61 61 (1:28)
QF: d. (7) Tomas Berdych (CZE #7) 64 75 (2:06)
SF: d. (6) David Ferrer (ESP #6) 76(6) 60 (2:06)
2012 ATP MASTERS 1000 FINALS — The initial 5 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments will have been won by a Big 3 of Djokovic, Federer and Nadal. Here is a demeanour during a finals this year:
Champion Finalist
Indian Wells Roger Federer John Isner
Miami Novak Djokovic Andy Murray
Monte Carlo Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic
Madrid Roger Federer Tomas Berdych
Rome Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal
ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 TITLE LEADERS – Nadal looks to constraint his 21st ATP World Tour Masters 1000 pretension and Djokovic his 12th. Here are a leaders given 1990:
No.
1) Rafael Nadal 20
Roger Federer 20
3) Andre Agassi 17
4) Novak Djokovic 11
Pete Sampras 11
Open Era Clay Court Title Leaders – Nadal is No. 3 in a Open Era clay justice titles leaders list:
No.
1) Guillermo Vilas 45
2) Thomas Muster 40
3) Rafael Nadal 34
4) Bjorn Borg, Manuel Orantes 30
6) Ivan Lendl, Ilie Nastase 28
Jose-Luis Clerc 21
9) Mats Wilander 20
10)Andres Gomez, Carlos Moya 16
SUNDAY CHAMPIONSHIP FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS
(1)Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs (2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 17-14
06 Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 ret
07 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard Final Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-5
07 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4
07 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-3
07 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-4 6-2
07 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass SF Rafael Nadal 3-6 6-1 4-1 ret
07 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4
08 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5 2-6 6-2
08 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-2 7-6(3)
08 London / Queen’s Club Grass Final Rafael Nadal 7-6(6) 7-5
08 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-1 7-5
08 Beijing Olympics (China) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 1-6 6-4
09 ESP vs. SRB WG 1st RD (Spain) Clay RR Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 6-1
09 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay Final Rafael Nadal 6-3 2-6 6-1
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay Final Rafael Nadal 7-6(2) 6-2
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay SF Rafael Nadal 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(9)
09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.)Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-1 6-4
09 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-3
09 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Novak Djokovic 7-6(5) 6-3
10 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard Final Rafael Nadal 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2
10 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-2
11 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard Final Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 6-2
11 ATP Masters 1000 Miami Hard Final Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 7-6(4)
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay Final Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-4
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay Final Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4
11 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass Final Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3
11 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard Final Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1
12 Australian Open (Australia) Hard Final Novak Djokovic 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7(5) 7-5
12 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay Final Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-1
Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal
Sets Won: 37 44
Tiebreak Sets Won: 2 7
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 2 10
Hard: 11 5
Carpet: 0 0
Grass: 1 2
Note: The leader of a opening set has left on to win 26 of a prior 31 meetings.
DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The 24-year-old Serb (turns 25 on Tuesday) is appearing in his fourth final (2-1) with a 22-3 career symbol and has a 7-3 symbol vs. Top 10 opponents… He is perplexing to turn a fifth actor with during slightest 3 titles in Rome: Nadal (five), Thomas Muster (1990, ’95-96), Martin Mulligan (1963, ’65, ’67) and Jaroslav Drobny (1950-52)
• This week has degraded Aussie teen Bernad Tomic 63 63, No. 14 seed Juan Monaco 46 62 63, No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 75 61 and No. 3 seed Roger Federer 62 76(4)…Has hold offer 37 of 43 games (86%), saving 5 of 11 mangle points and damaged opponents 16 times in 41 games (39%)
• Last year kick No. 1 Rafael Nadal 64 64 for his second pretension …Lost usually 11 games in his initial 3 wins, over Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot 60 63, No. 14 Stanislas Wawrinka 64 61 and No. 5 Robin Soderling 63 60, before winning a 3:02 SF conflict vs No. 4 Murray 61 36 76(2)
• Two years ago mislaid in a quarter-finals in 3 sets to No. 9 Fernando Verdasco…In 2009, mislaid to No. 1 Nadal 76(2) 62 in a final…In 2008, he rallied to better Stanislas Wawrinka 46 63 63 in a final and went by a contest though confronting a seed
• Made his entrance in ‘07 and reached a buliding (d. Soderling, Baghdatis, l. to contingent champn Nadal)
2012 Highlights:
W (2): Australian Open (d Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (d Murray); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); SF(2): Dubai (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Isner); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Tipsarevic)
YTD W-L: 30-4 (10-2 on clay)
YTD Tie- break: 8-6
YTD Titles: 2/Career Titles: 30 (7 on clay)
Date of Birth: May 22, 1987
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 1 (Career-high on Jul 4, 2011)
2012 in Review:
• The World No. 1 is appearing in his fourth final this deteriorate and enters with a 30-4 compare record (10-2 on clay)…Last week he mislaid to countryman Janko Tipsarevic in a quarter-finals in Madrid…Has a 9-3 symbol vs. Top 10 (69-57 in career)…Has an 11-8 career symbol in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals …One year ago left Rome with a 37-0 record and 7 titles
• He is personification in his third clay contest of a deteriorate and reached a final in Monte-Carlo on Apr 22 (l. to Nadal 63 61)…He’ steady titles during a ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Miami on Apr. 1 (d. No. 4 Murray) and a Australian Open pretension on Jan. 29
• Prior to Miami, mislaid in a semi-finals to Isner 76 36 76, in Indian Wells, and to Andy Murray in Dubai
• En track to winning his fifth Grand Slam pretension (third in a row) Down Under (d. Murray and Nadal in back-to-back five-setters in SFs and final)…His 5:53 marathon win over Nadal was longest Slam final ever
• Has a 100-10 compare record given a commencement of final year (went 70-6 in 2011)…This is a 46th true week during No. 1 in South African Airways ATP Rankings (since Jul 4, ‘11) after Wimbledon title
NADAL FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The left-hander is attempting to constraint his sixth pretension in seventh final and appearing in a final for a fourth true year (winner in 2005-07, ’09-10) and final year mislaid to Djokovic 64 64
• Has a 35-2 career compare record, 5-1 symbol in finals and 9-1 vs. Top 10 opponents
• This week has not forsaken a set while holding 35 of 37 use games (95%) while saving 14 of 16 mangle points (88%)…Has damaged offer 15 times in 36 games (42%)…Has posted wins over German Florian Mayer 61 75, countryman Marcel Granollers 61 61, No. 7 seed Tomas Berdych 64 75 and No. 6 David Ferrer 76(6) 60
• His usually waste have come in final year’s final (l. to No. 2 Djokovic 64 64) and in a second turn (after a bye) in 2008 to countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero 75 61
• Two years ago came in No. 3 and degraded countryman David Ferrer 75 62 in a final…In 2009, he degraded No. 3 Novak Djokovic and became a initial actor to win 4 titles in contest story
• In 2007 he degraded Fernando Gonzalez 62 62 in a pretension compare and in 2006, prevailed in a fifth set tie-break over No. 1 Federer (saved dual compare points in 5:05 marathon)…In 2005, degraded Argentine Guillermo Coria in a fifth set tie-break (in 5 hours, 14 minutes) for his initial Rome title
Final Results in Rome (5-1):
2011 – mislaid to No. 2 Novak Djokovic 64 64 2007 – d. No. 6 Fernando Gonzalez 62 62
2010 – d. No. 17 David Ferrer 75 62 2006 – d. No. 1 Roger Federer 67 76 64 26 76
2009 – d. No. 3 Novak Djokovic 76 62 2005 – d. No. 11 Guillermo Coria 64 36 63 46 76
2012 Highlights:
W(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d Djokovic); Barcelona (d Ferrer); F: Australian Open (l Djokovic); SF(3): Doha (l Monfils); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (W/O vs Murray)
YTD W-L: 32-4 (15-1 on clay)
YTD Tie-break: 5-3
YTD Titles: 2/Career Titles: 48 (34 on clay)
Date of Birth: Jun 3, 1986
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 3 (Career-high No. 1 on Aug 18, 2008)
2012 in Review:
• The 25-year-old Mallorcan is creation his fourth final coming in seventh contest and owns a 32-4 compare record (15-1 on clay) and dual ATP World Tour clay titles…He is ranked No. 3 for a initial time given week of May 10, 2010…Will go behind to No. 2 with a title
• Has an 8-2 symbol vs. Top 10 opponents this deteriorate and 96-51 in his career
• Last week he mislaid in a third turn to countryman Fernando Verdasco in Madrid (after holding a 5-2, double mangle lead in third set)…The detriment finished a 22-match clay winning strain given losing to Djokovic in final year’s Rome final
• Prior to final week, he prisoner his seventh pretension in Barcelona on Apr. 29 (d. Ferrer) and a prior week he prisoner his eighth true ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo climax (d. Djokovic)
• Has a 48-21 career record in ATP World Tour finals (34-4 on clay) and 20-10 in ATP Masters 1000 pretension matches
• Opened a deteriorate by reaching semi-finals in Doha (l. to Monfils) and followed with runner-up during a Australian Open, descending to Djokovic 57 64 62 67 75 in a record 5:53 marathon…Has reached a final 4 Grand Slam finals (1-3 mark) going behind to Roland Garros (10-5 lifetime in finals)
• Prior to Monte Carlo, his final compare was Mar. 28 in Miami where he degraded No. 6 Tsonga in a quarter-finals before withdrawing from SF (vs. Murray) due to left knee injury…It was usually second walkover he gave in 777 matches (’04 Estoril)
• In Indian Wells, he reached a singles semi-finals (l. to Federer) and prisoner his eighth career doubles pretension (w/M. Lopez) in Indian Wells…Did not dump a set in 5 matches during doubles play
CLAY COURT KING – Nadal has a best career compare record on clay in a Open Era with a 246-19 symbol (.928) and he’s 34-4 in clay finals. Here’s a year-by-year demeanour during Nadal’s clay justice leverage given 2005, compiling a 219-9 compare record (.960) and 33-4 symbol in clay justice finals on a ATP World Tour:
W-L Clay Finals
2012 – 15-1 2-0 2008 – 24-1 4-0
2011 – 28-2 3-2 (l. to Djokovic twice) 2007 – 31-1 5-1 (l. to Federer)
2010 – 22-0 4-0 2006 – 26-0 4-0
2009 – 23-2 3-1 (l. to Federer) 2005 – 50-2 8-0
Note: Nadal has mislaid to dual players in a clay justice final – Djokovic and Federer (twice each)
DOUBLES FINAL – UNSEEDED DUOS GRANOLLERS-M. LOPEZ KUBOT-TIPSAREVIC IN FINAL
• The Spanish tandem of Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez accommodate Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia in an all-unseeded final on Sunday.
• Granollers and Lopez are personification in their fifth ATP World Tour doubles final together and are 0-4 in their prior pretension matches (Zagreb and Stuttgart in 2011, Acapulco in Mar and Barcelona final month). They haven’t mislaid to a final and have taken out 3 seeds: No. 8 seeds Peya-Qureshi, No. 3 seeds Llodra-Zimonjic and No. 7 seeds Bhupathi-Bopanna.
• Granollers is personification in his second ATP Masters 1000 final (lost in 2009 Paris w/Tommy Robredo) and Lopez is appearing in his third ATP Masters 1000 final (won in Indian Wells twice with Rafael Nadal).
• Kubot and Tipsarevic have mislaid one set this week, in their initial turn win over Anderson-Tomic, though they kick 3 seeded teams in true sets in their subsequent 3 matches — No. 5 seeds Paes-Stepanek, No. 2 seeds a Bryan brothers and No. 4 seeds Lindstedt-Tecau. This is usually a second time they are personification together. In March, they reached a quarter-finals in Miami. Both are personification in their initial ATP Masters 1000 final.
• Here are a doubles finals W-L of any player: Kubot (6-6), Tipsarevic (1-2), Granollers (6-9), Lopez (6-7).
Kubot/Tipsarevic Continue Run To Rome Final
Posted on May 19, 2012
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INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA 2012
Rome, Italy
by ATP Staff
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19.05.2012
Lukasz Kubot and Janko Tipsarevic continued their run during a Internazionali BNL d’Italia Saturday, defeating fourth seeds Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau 6-2, 6-3 to strech a Rome final.
The Polish/Serbian duo, personification just their second contest together, saved 9 of a 11 mangle points they faced, and converted 5 use breaks opposite final week’s Mutua Madrid Open finalists to allege in 81 minutes.
Kubot and Tipsarevic have knocked out 3 seeded pairs en track to Sunday’s pretension match, upsetting fifth-seeded Australian Open champions Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek in a second round, and No. 2 seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in a quarter-finals.
Both are by to their initial ATP World Tour Masters 1000 doubles final. Kubot had mislaid in a semi-finals 4 true times with former partner Oliver Marach, while Tipsarevic forsaken his sole prior final 4 coming in Miami final year, also with Marach.
In a final, Kubot and Tipsarevic wait a leader of seventh seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, and Spanish tandem Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez.
Nadal Closes On Sixth Rome Crown
Posted on May 19, 2012
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INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA 2012
Rome, Italy
by ATP Staff
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19.05.2012
Rafael Nadal will play for a record 21st ATP World Tour Masters 1000 climax when he contests a final of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for a seventh time on Sunday. The left-hander overcame associate Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6(6), 6-0 in Saturday’s semi-finals.
“[It is the] best thing probable after a illusory time in Barcelona and Monte-Carlo, to keep personification in a clay contest and afterwards being in a final though losing a set is something illusory and we am happy,” announced Nadal. ”Rome for me is an critical contest and we am here for a seventh time and we couldn’t have illusory this a few years ago.”
Three weeks on from contesting a Barcelona final, Nadal once again bested his countryman to urge to a 15-4 lead in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series. In an heated initial set, Nadal saved 9 of 10 mangle points as one use mangle any was exchanged. In a unbroken tie-break, a Mallorcan rallied from a 1-3 necessity and converted his second set indicate after 85 minutes.
The beating of losing a initial set effectively finished Ferrer’s challenge. The Valencia proprietor was damaged 3 times in a second set as he succumbed to a prevalent Nadal in only over dual hours. The 30-year-old Ferrer was behest to strech his fifth ATP World Tour final of a deteriorate and forsaken to a 33-7 compare record.
“The initial set was unbelievable, how David set a compare with extraordinary stroke and aggression,” pronounced Nadal. “His movements were unbelievably good and so we did a best probable for me. The thing that we attempted to do was to say a measure close. After a initial 7 games of a compare [it was] some-more equal; before it was not.”
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“It was tighten in a initial set though tennis is like this,” pronounced Ferrer. “I won we consider 3 matches this week and currently we couldn’t win a tie-break, though to kick Rafael we indispensable to. When we mislaid a initial diversion and my offer afterwards it was some-more formidable to do winners and he played better.”
World No. 3 Nadal will try to win a pretension during a Foro Italico for a sixth time. He carried a trophies from 2005-2007 and 2009-2010 before being dethroned by Novak Djokovic in a 2011 final.
The Manacor local has mislaid only one clay-court compare this deteriorate (14-1 record). He won his 20th Masters 1000 climax in Monte-Carlo (d. Djokovic) and kick Ferrer in Barcelona before descending in a Madrid third turn (l. to Verdasco) final week.
In a final he will face fortifying champion Djokovic, whom he degraded final month in a Monte-Carlo final. Prior to that victory, Nadal had mislaid 7 unbroken meetings with a Serb, including in this year’s Australian Open final.
Rome Saturday Briefing
Posted on May 19, 2012
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INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA 2012
Rome, Italy
by Greg Sharko
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18.05.2012
SATURDAY PREVIEW – BIG THREE FERRER MAKE UP BLOCKBUSTER FINAL FOUR IN ROME
• The Top 3 players on a ATP World Tour and a former World No. 4 make adult a blockbuster semi-final choice Saturday during a Internazionali BNL d’Italia, a final clay justice ATP Masters 1000 contest before Roland Garros. It’s a initial time in a story of a ATP World Tour Rankings (since 1973) 3 players to arrange No. 1 are in a Rome semi-finals. The 4 players left have won 11 titles in 2012.
• The initial semi-final pits No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal opposite No. 6 seed David Ferrer in a conflict between Spain’s Top 2 players. Nadal has won this contest in 5 of his 7 prior appearances and with 3 straight-set wins this week has softened to 34-2 lifetime here. Ferrer positively rises his diversion in Rome, this now being a usually ATP Masters 1000 contest where he has been to a semi-finals 3 times (he was a semi-finalist in 2005 and a runner-up in 2010). Nadal positively rises his diversion opposite Ferrer – in further to a altogether 14-4 head-to-head lead, Nadal has beaten his countryman 11 times in a quarrel on clay (nine of 11 wins came in true sets). Nadal is 2-0 in Rome vs. Ferrer.
• Nadal is perplexing to strech his 70th career ATP World Tour turn final (48-21 record) as good as his 31st ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final (20-10 mark). Ferrer is looking to strech his 30th career ATP World Tour final (14-15 record) as good as his fourth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final (0-3). Nadal has won 38 true clay justice semi-finals given Umag in 2003 (losing to Carlos Moya).
• The second semi-final pits World No. 1 Novak Djokovic opposite No. 3 seed/World No. 2 Roger Federer. Rome has been a successful stop for both players. This is a usually ATP Masters 1000 clay justice eventuality Djokovic has won twice (2008, ’11) and has collected 3 tough justice events mixed times too. Djokovic, appearing in his fifth true semi-final in Rome, has a 21-3 lifetime symbol here. This is one of 3 stream ATP Masters 1000 events Federer has nonetheless to win a pretension (along with Monte Carlo and Shanghai). He has a 23-11 career record in Rome, reaching a final in 2003 and ’06. Since a final time they met in a semi-finals of final year’s US Open, Federer has put together a fantastic 48-3 record with 7 titles (in 10 tournaments) while Djokovic is 35-8 with dual titles (both this season) in 9 events. Federer has a 14-10 head-to-head advantage, including a 3-1 symbol on clay.
• Federer is perplexing to strech his 105th career ATP World Tour final (74-30 mark) as good as his 33rd ATP Masters 1000 final (20-12 record, shares record of 20 titles with Nadal). Djokovic is perplexing to strech his 46th career ATP World Tour turn final (30-15 mark) as good as his 20th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final (11-8). Federer is going for his fifth career win over a World No. 1, carrying beaten Hewitt (‘02 Miami), Roddick (’03 Tennis Masters Cup) and Nadal twice (‘09 Madrid, ‘10 ATP World Tour Finals).
* Semi-finalists Breakdown – In Draw Order
2012 Titles ATP Masters 1000 Titles Career Top 10
ATP Rank W-L (on clay) 2012 / Career 2012 / Career Grand Slam Titles W-L
1 Djokovic 29-4 (9-2) 2 / 30 1 / 11 5 68-57 (54%)
2 Federer 31-3 (8-1) 4 / 74 2 / 20 16 153-74 (67%)
6 Ferrer 33-6 (21-3) 3 / 13 0 / 0 0 35-68 (34%)
3 Nadal 31-4 (14-1) 2 / 48 1 / 20 10 95-51 (65%)
SATURDAY SEMI-FINALS FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play
(6) David Ferrer (ESP) vs (2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 14-4
04 Stuttgart (Germany) Clay QF David Ferrer 6-3 6-7(3) 7-5
05 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-3
05 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 4-6 6-4 7-5
05 Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-2 6-0
07 Barcelona (Spain) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-1
07 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 David Ferrer 6-7(3)6-4 7-6(4) 6-2
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR David Ferrer 4-6 6-4 6-3
08 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-1 7-5
08 Barcelona (Spain) Clay Final Rafael Nadal 6-1 4-6 6-1
09 Barcelona (Spain) Clay Final Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-5
09 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada)Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 4-3 ret
10 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 7-6(5)6-4
10 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-3
10 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay Final Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-2
11 Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF David Ferrer 6-4 6-2 6-3
11 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay Final Rafael Nadal 6-4 7-5
11 Barcelona (Spain) Clay Final Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-4
12 Barcelona (Spain) Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-6(1) 7-5
David Ferrer Rafael Nadal
Sets Won: 12 31
Tiebreak Sets Won: 1 4
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 1 11
Hard: 3 3
FERRER FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Spaniard is appearing in a semi-finals for a third time in 9 attempts (15-8 record)…Two years ago reached his initial final (d. No. 5 Murray-3R, No. 10 Tsonga-QF, No. 9 Verdasco-SF, l. to No. 3 Nadal)…Has a 6-2 career symbol vs. Top 10 opponents in Rome
• His prior best was a semi-finals in 2005 when he mislaid to Nadal 7-5 in a third set
• This week after a bye, degraded countryman Fernando Verdasco 63 76(3), No. 11 seed Gilles Simon 60 76(5) and No. 16 seed Richard Gasquet 76(4) 63…Has hold offer 25 of 31 games (81%) and won 11 of 21 lapse games (52%)
• He done his entrance in 2003 and degraded No. 1 Andre Agassi in a initial turn before losing in a subsequent turn to Ivan Ljubicic…The following year, posted win over No. 10 Grosjean (2R), mislaid to No. 17 Novak
2012 Highlights:
W(3): Auckland (d Rochus); Buenos Aires (d Almagro); Acapulco (d Verdasco); F: Barcelona (l Nadal); QF(3): Australian Open (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Federer)
YTD W-L: 33-6 (21-3 on clay) Date of Birth: Apr 2, 1982
YTD Tie-break: 10-5
YTD Titles: 3/Career Titles: 14 (8 on clay)
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 6 (Career-high No. 4 on Feb 25, 2008)
2012 in Review:
• The No. 2 Spaniard comes into his fifth semi-final with a 33-6 compare record (21-3 on clay) on a season, his initial in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and ninth of his career (3-5) …His 21 wins on clay is an ATP World Tour-high this deteriorate (one some-more than Nicolas Almagro)
• Has a 3-1 symbol in ATP World Tour finals and in his final pretension compare on Apr 29 in Barcelona, mislaid to countryman Rafael Nadal 76 75 for a fourth time in a Barca final
• Won 3 of initial 4 tournaments in Auckland (d. Rochus), Buenos Aires (d. Almagro) and Acapulco (d. Verdasco)…Also a quarter-finalist during a Australian Open and Miami (l. to Djokovic in both) and third turn during Indian Wells (l. to Istomin)
• His 3 titles ties a career-high (also in 2007) and is second-best on a ATP World Tour behind Roger Federer’s 4 …Has a 14-15 career symbol in ATP World Tour finals, 8-10 on clay, and perplexing to strech his fourth ATP Masters 1000 final (0-3)
• Looking for his initial Top 10 win of a deteriorate (0-4) and 35-68 in his career
Beating Nadal twice on Clay – Ferrer is perplexing to turn a fourth actor to kick Nadal twice on clay. The others are: Gaston Gaudio (3), Novak Djokovic (2) and Roger Federer (2), Ferrer’s prior clay justice win came in their initial assembly (QFs) in Stuttgart in Jul 2004. Since then, Nadal has won 11 in a quarrel on clay.
NADAL FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The tournament’s usually five-time champion (2005-07, ’09-10) is perplexing to strech his fourth true final and seventh overall…Has a 34-2 career compare record, 5-1 symbol in finals and 8-1 vs. Top 10 opponents
• This week has not forsaken a set while holding 27 of 28 use games (saving 5 of 6 mangle points)…Has damaged offer 11 times in 27 games (41%)…Has posted wins over German Florian Mayer 61 75, countryman Marcel Granollers 61 61 and No. 7 seed Tomas Berdych 64 75
• His usually waste have come in final year’s final (l. to No. 2 Djokovic 64 64) and in a second turn (after a bye) in 2008 to countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero 75 61
• Two years ago came in No. 3 and degraded countryman David Ferrer 75 62 in a final…In 2009, he degraded No. 3 Novak Djokovic…He became a initial actor to win 4 titles in contest history…Thomas Muster (1990, ’95-96), Martin Mulligan (1963, ’65, ’67) and Jaroslav Drobny (1950-52) are a usually three-time winners
• In 2007, he degraded Fernando Gonzalez 62 62 in a pretension compare and in 2006, prevailed in a fifth set tie-break over No. 1 Federer (saved dual compare points in 5:05 marathon)…In 2005, degraded Argentine Guillermo Coria in a fifth set tie-break (in 5 hours, 14 minutes) for his initial Rome title
Final Results in Rome (5-1):
2011 – mislaid to No. 2 Novak Djokovic 64 64 2007 – d. No. 6 Fernando Gonzalez 62 62
2010 – d. No. 17 David Ferrer 75 62 2006 – d. No. 1 Roger Federer 67 76 64 26 76
2009 – d. No. 3 Novak Djokovic 76 62 2005 – d. No. 11 Guillermo Coria 64 36 63 46 76
2012 Highlights:
W(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d Djokovic); Barcelona (d Ferrer); F: Australian Open (l Djokovic); SF(3): Doha (l Monfils); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (W/O vs Murray)
YTD W-L: 30-4 (13-1 on clay)
YTD Tie-break: 4-3
YTD Titles: 2/Career Titles: 48 (34 on clay)
Date of Birth: Jun 3, 1986
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 3 (Career-high No. 1 on Aug 18, 2008)
2012 in Review:
• The 25-year-old Mallorcan is creation his seventh semi-final (or better) entrance in as many tournaments and owns a 31-4 compare record (14-1 on clay) and dual ATP World Tour clay titles…He is ranked No. 3 for a initial time given week of May 10, 2010…Will go behind to No. 2 with a title
• Has a 7-2 symbol vs. Top 10 opponents this deteriorate and 95-51 in his career
• Last week he mislaid in a third turn to countryman Fernando Verdasco in Madrid (after holding a 5-2, double mangle lead in third set)…The detriment finished a 22-match clay winning strain given losing to Djokovic in final year’s Rome final
• Prior to final week, he prisoner his seventh pretension in Barcelona on Apr. 29 (d. Ferrer) and a prior week he prisoner his eighth true ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo climax (d. Djokovic)
• Has a 48-21 career record in ATP World Tour finals (34-4 on clay)
• Opened a deteriorate by reaching semi-finals in Doha (l. to Monfils) and followed with runner-up during a Australian Open, descending to Djokovic 57 64 62 67 75 in a record 5:53 marathon…Has reached a final 4 Grand Slam finals (1-3 mark) going behind to Roland Garros (10-5 lifetime in finals)
• Prior to Monte Carlo, his final compare was Mar. 28 in Miami where he degraded No. 6 Tsonga in a quarter-finals before withdrawing from SF (vs. Murray) due to left knee injury…It was usually second walkover he gave in 777 matches (’04 Estoril)
• In Indian Wells, he reached a singles semi-finals (l. to Federer) and prisoner his eighth career doubles pretension (w/M. Lopez) in Indian Wells…Did not dump a set in 5 matches during doubles play
CLAY COURT KING – Nadal has a best career compare record on clay in a Open Era with a 245-19 symbol (.928) and he’s 34-4 in clay finals. Here’s a year-by-year demeanour during Nadal’s clay justice leverage given 2005, compiling a 218-9 compare record (.960) and 33-4 symbol in clay justice finals on a ATP World Tour:
W-L Clay Finals
2012 – 14-1 2-0 2008 – 24-1 4-0
2011 – 28-2 3-2 (l. to Djokovic twice) 2007 – 31-1 5-1 (l. to Federer)
2010 – 22-0 4-0 2006 – 26-0 4-0
2009 – 23-2 3-1 (l. to Federer) 2005 – 50-2 8-0
Note: Nadal has won 38 clay justice semi-finals in a quarrel (last loss: Carlos Moya, ’03 Umag)
(1)Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs (3) Roger Federer (SUI) Federer Leads 14-10
06 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Clay R64 Roger Federer 6-3 2-6 6-3
06 SUI v. SCG WG PO (Switzerland) Hard RR Roger Federer 6-3 6-2 6-3
07 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R16 Roger Federer 6-2 7-5 6-3
07 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard QF Roger Federer 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3
07 ATP Masters Series Montreal Hard F Novak Djokovic 7-6(2) 2-6 7-6(2)
07 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard F Roger Federer 7-6(4) 7-6(2) 6-4
08 Australian Open (Australia) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3 7-6(5)
08 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Clay SF Roger Federer 6-3 3-2 ret
08 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-3 5-7 7-5 6-2
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard SF Novak Djokovic 3-6 6-2 6-3
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay SF Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 6-3
09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Hard F Roger Federer 6-1 7-5
09 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF Roger Federer 7-6(3) 7-5 7-5
09 Basel (Switzerland) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-4 4-6 6-2
10 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto Hard SF Roger Federer 6-1 3-6 7-5
10 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 7-5
10 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard SF Roger Federer 7-5 6-4
10 Basel (Switzerland) Hard F Roger Federer 6-4 3-6 6-1
10 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard SF Roger Federer 6-1 6-4
11 Australian Open (Australia) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-6(3) 7-5 6-4
11 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-3
11 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 3-6 6-2
11 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Roger Federer 7-6(5) 6-3 3-6 7-6(5)
11 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-7(7) 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5
Novak Djokovic Roger Federer
Sets Won: 30 43
Tiebreak Sets Won: 5 6
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 1 3
Hard: 9 11
DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The reigning champ has a 21-3 career symbol and he’s creation his fifth true semi-final appearance… Trying to strech a final for a fourth time (2-1 mark)…Has a 6-3 symbol vs. Top 10 opponents
• This week has degraded Aussie teen Bernad Tomic 63 63, No. 14 seed Juan Monaco 46 62 63 and No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 75 61…Has hold offer 28 of 33 games (85%) and damaged opponents 13 times in 31 games (42%)
• Last year kick No. 1 Rafael Nadal 64 64 for his second pretension …Lost usually 11 games in his initial 3 wins, over Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot 60 63, No. 14 Stanislas Wawrinka 64 61 and No. 5 Robin Soderling 63 60, before winning a 3:02 SF conflict vs No. 4 Murray 61 36 76(2)
• Two years ago mislaid in a quarter-finals in 3 sets to No. 9 Fernando Verdasco…In 2009, mislaid to No. 1 Nadal 76(2) 62 in a final…In 2008, he rallied to better Stanislas Wawrinka 46 63 63 in a final and went by a contest though confronting a seed
• Made his entrance in ‘07 and reached a buliding (d. Soderling, Baghdatis, l. to contingent champn Nadal)
2012 Highlights:
W (2): Australian Open (d Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (d Murray); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); SF(2): Dubai (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Isner); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Tipsarevic)
YTD W-L: 29-4 (9-2 on clay)
YTD Tie- break: 7-6
YTD Titles: 2/Career Titles: 30 (7 on clay)
Date of Birth: May 22, 1987
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 1 (Career-high on Jul 4, 2011)
2012 in Review:
• The World No. 1 is appearing in his sixth semi-final this deteriorate and enters with a 29-4 compare record (9-2 on clay)…Last week he mislaid to countryman Janko Tipsarevic in a quarter-finals in Madrid…Has an 8-3 symbol vs. Top 10 (68-57 in career)…One year ago left Rome with a 37-0 record and 7 titles
• He is personification in his third clay contest of a deteriorate and reached a final in Monte-Carlo on Apr 22 (l. to Nadal 63 61)…He’ steady titles during a ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Miami on Apr. 1 (d. No. 4 Murray) and a Australian Open pretension on Jan. 29
• Prior to Miami, mislaid in a semi-finals to Isner 76 36 76, in Indian Wells, and to Andy Murray in Dubai
• En track to winning his fifth Grand Slam pretension (third in a row) Down Under (d. Murray and Nadal in back-to-back five-setters in SFs and final)…His 5:53 marathon win over Nadal was longest Slam final ever
• Has a 99-10 compare record given a commencement of final year (went 70-6 in 2011)…This is a 46th true week during No. 1 in South African Airways ATP Rankings (since Jul 4, 2011) after Wimbledon title
FEDERER FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Swiss local comes in with a 22-11 career symbol in Rome and appearing in his fourth semi-final in 12th showing…This week has degraded Argentine Carlos Berlocq 63 64, former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero 62 57 61 and tip Italian Andreas Seppi 61 62 in 54 mins (shortest compare of week)
…No. 1 in initial offer pts. (83%), mangle pts. saved (9 of 11) and No. 2 in use games (30 of 32, 94%)
• Last year degraded No. 18 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in opening compare (after bye) before losing in third turn to No. 16 Richard Gasquet in a third set tie-break
• A two-time runner-up, in 2003 (l. to Mantilla) and ‘06 (l. to Nadal in fifth set TB), his best results, and semi-finals in 2009 (l. to Djokovic)…He also was a quarter-finalist in 2008 (l. to Stepanek)
• Two years ago he suffered his initial opening turn detriment given 2002 to Ernests Gulbis in 3 sets
• He done his entrance in 2000 and mislaid to Andrei Medvedev in a initial round…Also mislaid in a initial turn dual years after to Italian Andrea Gaudenzi
2012 Highlights:
W (4): Rotterdam (d del Potro); Dubai (d Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Isner); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (d Berdych); SF (2): Doha (W/O vs Tsonga); Australian Open (l Nadal)
YTD W-L: 31-3 (8-1 on clay)
YTD Tie-break: 9-5
YTD Titles: 4/Career Titles: 74 (10 on clay)
Date of Birth: Aug 8, 1981
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 2 (Career-high No. 1 on Feb. 2, 2004)
2012 in Review:
• The Swiss luminary is appearing in his seventh semi-final of a deteriorate in eighth contest and he enters with a 31-3 record (8-1 on clay)…Has 8-1 symbol vs. Top 10 opponents, best on ATP World Tour
• He is entrance off his ATP World Tour-best fourth pretension of a deteriorate final Sunday in Madrid (d. Berdych) and 20th career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown…He became a initial three-time leader in Madrid…Afterwards went from No. 3 to No. 2 for initial time given week of Mar 14, 2011
• Prior to Madrid, his final tour was a third turn three-set detriment to Andy Roddick in Miami on Mar. 26 …The detriment pennyless a 16-match winning streak
• His usually prior clay compare was a four-set Davis Cup detriment to American John Isner on Feb. 10
• Has prisoner during slightest one ATP World Tour pretension for 12 true years, best among active players (Roddick has 11 though nonetheless to win this year) and his 74 career titles is No. 4 in a Open Era
• He won uninterrupted ATP World Tour titles in Rotterdam (d. del Potro) on Feb. 19, Dubai (d. Murray) on Mar. 3 and his 19th career ATP Masters 1000 in Indian Wells on Mar. 18 (d. No. 9 del Potro, No. 2 Nadal, No. 11 Isner in final 3 rounds though dropping a set)
• During 16-match winning streak, usually forsaken 3 sets, to Nikolay Davydenko in semi-finals of Rotterdam and to Milos Raonic (3R) and Thomaz Bellucci (4R) in Indian Wells
• Has won 48 of past 51 matches and 7 of 10 contest titles given descending in 5 sets in final year’s US Open semi-finals (l. to Djokovic)
• With Madrid title, he surpassed $70 million in career esteem income (most in pro tennis)
ON A ROLL – Federer is 48-3 (winning 7 of past 10 tournaments) given descending to Djokovic in a US Open semi-finals final September:
2011 Davis Cup – vs. Australia 2-0
2011 Basel – (d. Nishikori in Final) 7-0
2011 ATP Masters 1000 Paris – (d. Tsonga in Final) 12-0
2011 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (d. Tsonga in Final) 17-0
2012 Doha – (W/O vs. Tsonga in SF) 20-0
2012 Australian Open – (l. to Nadal in SF) 24-1
2012 Davis Cup – vs. U.S. (l. to Isner) 24-2
2012 Rotterdam – (d. del Potro in Final) 28-2
2012 Dubai – (d. Murray in Final) 33-2
2012 Indian Wells – (d. Isner in Final) 39-2
2012 Miami – (l. to Roddick in 3rd Rd.) 40-3
2012 Madrid – (d. Berdych in Final) 45-3
2012 Rome – (vs. Djokovic in SF) 48-3
POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 17-14
06 Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 ret
07 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard F Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-5
07 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4
07 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-3
07 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-4 6-2
07 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass SF Rafael Nadal 3-6 6-1 4-1 ret
07 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4
08 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5 2-6 6-2
08 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-2 7-6(3)
08 London / Queen’s Club Grass F Rafael Nadal 7-6(6) 7-5
08 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-1 7-5
08 Beijing Olympics (China) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 1-6 6-4
09 ESP vs. SRB WG 1st RD (Spain) Clay RR Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 6-1
09 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-3 2-6 6-1
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-6(2) 6-2
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay SF Rafael Nadal 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(9)
09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.)Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-1 6-4
09 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-3
09 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Novak Djokovic 7-6(5) 6-3
10 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard F Rafael Nadal 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2
10 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-2
11 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard F Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 6-2
11 ATP Masters 1000 Miami Hard F Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 7-6(4)
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay F Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-4
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay F Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4
11 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass F Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3
11 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1
12 Australian Open (Australia) Hard F Novak Djokovic 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7(5) 7-5
12 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-1
Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal
Sets Won: 37 44
Tiebreak Sets Won: 2 7
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 2 10
Hard: 11 5
Carpet: 0 0
Grass: 1 2
Roger Federer (SUI) vs Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 18-10
04 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-3
05 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard F Roger Federer 2-6 6-7(4) 7-6(5)6-3 6-1
05 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3
06 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard F Rafael Nadal 2-6 6-4 6-4
06 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(5)
06 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-7(0)7-6(5) 6-4 2-6 7-6(5)
06 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal 1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6(4)
06 Wimbledon (England) Grass F Roger Federer 6-0 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 6-3
06 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-4 7-5
07 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4
07 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay F Roger Federer 2-6 6-2 6-0
07 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4
07 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass F Roger Federer 7-6(7) 4-6 7-6(3) 2-6 6-2
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-4 6-1
08 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-5 7-5
08 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-7(3) 6-3
08 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-3 6-0
08 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass F Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 6-7(5) 6-7(8) 9-7
09 Australian Open (Australia) Hard F Rafael Nadal 7-5 3-6 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2
09 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay F Roger Federer 6-4 6-4
10 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-4 7-6(5)
10 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard F Roger Federer 6-3 3-6 6-1
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay SF Rafael Nadal 5-7 6-1 6-3
11 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-5 7-6(3) 5-7 6-1
11 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Roger Federer 6-3 6-0
12 Australian Open (Australia) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-7(5) 6-2 7-6(5) 6-4
12 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard SF Roger Federer 6-3 6-2
Roger Federer Rafael Nadal
Sets Won: 38 53
Tiebreak Sets Won: 10 10
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 2 12
Hard: 6 5
Grass: 2 1
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs David Ferrer (ESP) Djokovic Leads 8-5
04 Bucharest (Romania) Clay R16 David Ferrer 4-6 6-4 6-4
07 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4
07 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay R16 David Ferrer 7-5 6-4
07 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 6-3
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR David Ferrer 6-4 6-4
08 Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-0 6-3 7-5
09 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard F Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3
09 ESP vs. SRB WG 1st RD (Spain) Clay RR David Ferrer 6-3 6-3 7-6(4)
10 Beijing (China) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-4
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay QF Novak Djokovic 6-4 4-6 6-3
11 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR David Ferrer 6-3 6-1
12 Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-6(4) 6-1
12 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-2 7-6(1)
David Ferrer Novak Djokovic
Sets Won: 12 20
Tiebreak Sets Won: 1 2
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 3 1
Hard: 2 7
Roger Federer (SUI) vs David Ferrer (ESP) Federer Leads 13-0
03 Vienna (Austria) Hard R32 Roger Federer 6-2 6-2
05 Doha (Qatar) Hard R32 Roger Federer 6-1 6-1
06 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (USA) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-1 6-4
06 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay QF Roger Federer 6-1 6-3
06 Basel (Switzerland) Carpet QF Roger Federer 6-3 7-6(14)
07 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay QF Roger Federer 6-4 6-0
07 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay QF Roger Federer 6-3 4-6 6-3
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard F Roger Federer 6-2 6-3 6-2
09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (USA) Hard R16 Roger Federer 3-6 6-3 6-4
10 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid Clay SF Roger Federer 7-5 3-6 6-3
10 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Roger Federer 6-1 6-4
11 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard SF Roger Federer 7-5 6-3
12 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay QF Roger Federer 6-4 6-4
David Ferrer Roger Federer
Sets Won: 3 27
Tiebreak Sets Won: 0 1
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 0 5
Hard: 0 7
Carpet: 0 1
Novak & Roger: The Rivalry
Posted on May 19, 2012
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RIVALRIES
by ATP Staff
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18.05.2012
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will accommodate for a 25th time in Saturday’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia semi-finals in Rome. It will be a pair’s initial assembly given their five-set conflict in a 2011 US Open semi-finals. Federer leads 14-10 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series.
Below is a story of a pair’s 24 meetings, commencement with their epic showdown final year during Flushing Meadows.
2011 US Open Semi-final, Grand Slam, New York, hard, Djokovic d. Federer 67(7) 46 63 62 75
A year progressing a span had contested a stirring semi-final during a US Open, that saw Novak Djokovic save dual compare points to repudiate Roger Federer a place in his sixth unbroken final in New York. If possible, their 24th competition was even better. Federer was too clever for his Serbian competition in a early stages, opening adult a autocratic two-set lead after one hour and 51 minutes. Djokovic began his quip with a use mangle during a start of a third set and again pennyless down a Swiss’ defences in a initial diversion of a fourth set. Largely inflexible on serve, Djokovic pennyless Federer once some-more to force a decider. Federer regained his restraint to mangle Djokovic’s offer in a eighth diversion of a fifth set and was on a domain of attainment when he led 5-3, 40/15. He was incompetent to modify possibly of his compare points, though, and Djokovic reeled off a final 4 games to finish a thespian comeback. “It was a unequivocally identical conditions to final year,” concurred Djokovic. “I had to take my chances. we was unequivocally tighten to being on my approach behind home. It was an implausible final dual games.” It was a second time in his career that Djokovic had won from dual sets down, and it was usually a second time that Federer had surrendered a two-set lead in a Grand Slam compare – a initial occasioning usually dual months progressing opposite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a Wimbledon.aspx”Wimbledon quarter-finals. Read Match Report
Roger Federer snapped a three-match losing run opposite Novak Djokovic and finished a Serb’s conspicuous 2011 winning strain during 41 matches as he prevailed in their Roland Garros semi-final clash. The customary of tennis was well-developed in a 70-minute initial set, that Federer won in a tie-break after saving dual set points during 4-5. The Swiss afterwards discerning non-stop adult a 4-1 advantage in a second set as he took a autocratic lead in a encounter. Djokovic capitalised on a slight drop in Federer’s customary during a start of a third set and went adult 3-0 as he attempted to turn a initial actor in 175 attempts to kick Federer from dual sets down in a Grand Slam match. Having sealed out a 37-minute third set, Djokovic served for a fourth set during 5-4, yet Federer clawed his approach behind to force a tie-break. Djokovic cancelled out Federer’s early advantage in a tie-break, yet from 3-3, Federer won 3 true points including dual aces. Djokovic saved dual compare points, yet Federer sealed out attainment with his 18th ace of a compare during 9:37 p.m. internal time. “I unequivocally wanted to make it as earthy as possible, that we was means to make happen,” Federer said. “I was unequivocally happy with a approach we played. we suspicion it was a good compare from both sides.” Read Match Report
The World No. 2 ranking was on a line when Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer squared off in a BNP Paribas Open semi-finals. After dropping offer twice to remove a second set – imprinting usually a fourth set he had mislaid given Dec (45-4 in sets) – Djokovic non-stop a third with a mangle of serve. He double-faulted on triple mangle indicate possibility for Federer to concur a lead, 2-2, yet a Swiss returned a foster in a subsequent game. Federer mislaid 11 true points from adult 40/15 in a fifth game, including a double-fault on mangle point, and Djokovic cumulative one some-more mangle before portion out a match. “It was a unequivocally tighten match, so adult to a final indicate we unequivocally couldn’t contend who’s gonna take a win out of today’s match,” pronounced Djokovic. “A lot of emotions. You could feel a power and we theory a vigour with both of us.” It was his third unbroken attainment over Federer and guaranteed him a No. 2 mark in a South African Airways 2011 ATP Rankings. Read Match Report | Watch Highlights
Novak Djokovic went into his 21st strife with Roger Federer in a Dubai final with a certainty of carrying beaten a Swiss usually over 4 weeks progressing in a semi-finals of a Australian Open. The Serb discerning signalled his vigilant by violation Federer’s offer in a third diversion of a match. Sublime on offer via a opener, Djokovic relinquished usually 4 points, and a vigour told on Federer as he succumbed again in a ninth game. Federer stepped adult and constructed tighter tennis in a second set and was rewarded with a mangle of offer in a third game. However, a Swiss was incompetent to contend his lead as Djokovic leveled in a sixth game. From there Djokovic discerning pulled divided as Federer again over into craziness on a backhand wing. A mistake from a Swiss cost him his offer in a eighth diversion and Djokovic clinched attainment in 71 minutes. Victory saw Djokovic crowned Dubai champion for a third year in a row. “This compare has substantially been one of a best that we played this year,” pronounced Djokovic. “To be means to win opposite Roger in true sets as we did tonight is incredible, yet we wish to keep on going.” Read Match Report | Watch Highlights
After pang a resounding better during Roger Federer’s hands in their final assembly during a Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, Novak Djokovic came out with a indicate to infer when a span contested a Australian Open semi-finals dual months later. With conjunction actor means to operative a breakthrough in a initial set, Djokovic took control of a tie-break, battering Federer into acquiescence with his absolute baseline play. Breaks were exchanged early in a second set before Federer lifted his turn to settle a 5-2 lead. The Swiss was incompetent to offer out a set, though, and was done to charity his missed event as Djokovic reeled off 5 true games for a two-set lead. Federer rallied from an early mangle necessity in a third set, yet a quip went no offer as Djokovic won a final dual games from 4-4 to explain attainment in 3 hours. “Overall, it was a good performance,” pronounced Djokovic. “I’m unequivocally happy with a approach we played. we knew that we had to use my chances.” Djokovic had also degraded Federer in true sets in a 2008 Australian Open semi-finals, that was a final time Federer had mislaid a Grand Slam compare on tough justice in true sets. Read Match Report
Roger Federer dominated his adversary with Novak Djokovic in 2010 and cumulative his fourth win in 5 meetings with a Serb in fatiguing character in a semi-finals of a Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The Swiss delivered a master category to boot Djokovic in usually 80 mins in their 19th career meeting. He strike 31 winners to usually 14 from Djokovic, and pennyless offer 4 times from 11 opportunities. Djokovic paid a cost for a shaken start and after double faulting to remove his opening use diversion he never recovered. After claiming a opening set with dual use breaks, Federer rallied from an early mangle down in a second set to mangle Djokovic in a fifth and ninth games. “I was means to conflict him during times, play aggressive,” pronounced Federer. “I took it to him, accurately a approach we was anticipating to make it. we suspicion it was a good match.” Read Match Report | Watch Highlights
In their 18th meeting, Roger Federer put behind him a better he suffered to Novak Djokovic in a final of his hometown competition a year progressing by violence a Serb to recover a esteem he had won from 2006-2008. The tip seed done a discerning start and pennyless Djokovic in a third diversion as he discerning wrapped adult a one-set lead. The second-seeded Djokovic was discerning to respond, though, violation Federer’s offer for usually a second time in a week during a start of a second set to turn a match. Federer was roving an eight-match winning strain going into a final and his certainty helped him keep his concentration in a determining set. From 1-1 he won 5 unbroken games to sign attainment in usually underneath dual hours. After a extinction of losing a US Open semi-final opposite Djokovic carrying hold dual compare points, Federer had now won his past dual meetings with a Serb. “We always play unequivocally jaunty opposite one another,” pronounced Federer. “I always consider it’s unequivocally close, they can go possibly way. we had compare indicate [against him] during a US Open and that one hurt, yet look, this one creates adult for it large time.” Read Match Report | Watch Highlights
Having mislaid to Roger Federer 3 uninterrupted years during Flushing Meadows, Novak Djokovic overcame a poignant mental jump as he saved dual compare points to dissapoint a five-time US Open champion in a pulsating semi-final victory. “I had to take a chances when we was down compare points,” pronounced Djokovic. “That’s given [Federer] is a best actor that ever played this game, given he always plays his best tennis in a many vicious moments. It was roughly a box again today.” Serving during 4-5 in a fifth set, Djokovic fell behind 15/40 yet saved both compare points with a overhanging forehand bombardment and a down-the-line forehand winner. The Serb afterwards pennyless Federer in a subsequent diversion and his haughtiness was again tested in a final diversion of a compare when he fought off a mangle indicate that would have seen a compare come down to a fifth-set tie-break. On his initial compare point, Djokovic trumped Federer in a 22-shot convene to tighten out a match. Read Match Report
It was not their prettiest encounter, yet this competition between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic had fans in Toronto on a corner of their seats until a unequivocally final point. With a No. 2 ranking on a line, Federer capitalised on a spate of spontaneous errors from Djokovic to competition to a 6-1, 2-0 lead. But after belatedly switching gears to play with a larger domain for error, Djokovic worked his approach behind into a compare and eventually hold 3 mangle points on Federer’s offer during 5-all in a third set. Federer hold on, though, and afterwards watched on as a compare finished as it started, with Djokovic spraying 5 errors in a final diversion to remove offer and a match. “He’s famous for being a bit streaky and we saw that tonight,” pronounced Federer. “I could have won a compare progressing yet I’m unequivocally happy to have come by anyhow.” Read Match Report | Watch Highlights
In their fourth assembly in a final and their fifth competition of 2009, Novak Djokovic dethroned three-time fortifying champion Roger Federer during his hometown competition in Basel. The Serbian pennyless Federer in a ninth diversion of a initial set and saved 4 mangle indicate points before portion out a opener in a 22-minute 10th game. Federer dug low to convene from an early mangle down in a second set and benefitted from an black double error from Djokovic in a 10th diversion as he leveled adult a contest. However, a movement shortly swung behind in Djokovic’s foster as a Serb raced to a 4-0 lead in a decider. Federer could find no approach behind and saw his 19-match widespread run in Basel finish after dual hours and 11 minutes. “I missed too many chances via a match,” lamented Federer. “Novak played good and done it tough for me to get chances, yet when we had them he also played well.” Read Match Report | Watch Highlights
It was a compare that featured arguably a biggest shot that Roger Federer has ever hit, a shot that warranted him 3 compare points and a station acclaim from a 25,000 spectators in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Federer seemed out of position to collect Novak Djokovic’s lob. But in a separate second decision, a Swiss hustled to a behind of a justice to strike a through-the-legs shot. Federer, Djokovic and a enchanted throng watched in awe as a lapse privileged a net, past a untimely Serbian and landed in. Federer, who sealed out a attainment on his subsequent indicate with another winner, admitted: “I was in a formidable position. we had zero to do. We rehearse it a lot, yet it never works. It’s a biggest shot we ever strike in my life.” The shot summed adult a day for World No. 4 Djokovic, who stayed opposition with Federer for many of a compare yet had no solutions for a Swiss’ shining shots on vicious points. It was a third year in a quarrel he had been beaten by Federer during a US Open. Victory noted Federer’s 40th uninterrupted win during Flushing Meadows and warranted him a shot during a sixth unbroken US Open title. Read Match Report
Roger Federer finished a two-match losing run opposite Novak Djokovic as he degraded a Serb to constraint his initial ATP World Tour pretension after apropos father to twin girls, Charlene Riva and Myla Rose, progressing in a summer. In avenging defeats to Djokovic during a Sony Ericsson Open in Miami and a Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Federer cruised by a 33-minute initial set with dual use breaks and dropping usually 3 points on serve. Djokovic offering adult some-more insurgency in a second set and Federer was forced to convene from a 0-3 deficit, and also saved a set indicate in a 10th game, before crucially converting his fourth of 15 mangle indicate opportunities in a 11th diversion and portion out attainment with a adore use game. “I consider a special partial [is] winning for a initial time as a dad,” pronounced Federer, who won a Cincinnati pretension for a third time. “It’s a good thing. [It] gets me going emotionally a small bit, given we know it’s been a smashing summer.” Read Match Report | Watch Highlights
Rain came to Novak Djokovic’s rescue as he available his second unbroken attainment over Roger Federer in a semi-finals in Rome. Federer had started a compare in excellent form and clinched a opening set with a mangle of offer in a ninth game. He was heading 2-1 with a mangle in a second set when a charge clouds that had been appearing brought a unavoidable rain. At a resumption, Djokovic won 5 of a subsequent 6 games to turn a match. Federer stalled Djokovic’s movement early in a third set by violation to emanate a 3-1 lead. However, Djokovic reined in his errors, exhibited some-more calm in his play, and was rewarded with a subsequent 5 games to sign attainment in dual hours and 10 minutes. “I suspicion he came by with a bit some-more appetite after a sleet delay. Before that he was flattering flat,” assessed Federer. “I unequivocally had a win on my racquet today, so it’s flattering disappointing.” Read Match Report
Novak Djokovic available usually his third win in 10 meetings with Roger Federer as he mastered a breezy conditions where a Swiss unsuccessful to in a Miami semi-finals. Federer done a faster start to take a initial set. However, he began to onslaught with his stroke and timing in a stormy conditions and essential errors crept into his game. Breaks were exchanged during a start of a second set before Djokovic took control, disorder off 7 true games from 3-2 to turn a compare and take a autocratic 4-0 lead in a decider. Federer overcame his disappointment during his careless play to replenish one of a breaks, yet Djokovic hold clever to tighten out attainment in one hour and 46 minutes. It was Djokovic’s initial attainment over Federer given a 2008 Australian Open semi-finals. “I unequivocally struggled with my timing, so it was a tough finish for me,” certified Federer. “I suspicion we was personification fine in a initial set, yet it was always going to be tough in a wind.” Read Match Report
World No. 2 and four-time fortifying champion Roger Federer modernized to his 17th Grand Slam final with a 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 attainment over No. 3 Novak Djokovic in a rematch of final year’s championship. Federer was attempting to turn a initial actor given Bill Tilden in 1924 to constraint 5 true US Championship titles. Federer pennyless offer in a fourth diversion of a 25-minute initial set, during 15-40 to take a 3-1 lead. The span exchanged breaks in a second set, before Djokovic evened a compare by violation Federer in a 12th diversion on his third set indicate opportunity. Djokovic saved a mangle indicate in a initial and third diversion of a third set, yet in a 11th game, Federer pennyless during 30-40. The Swiss afterwards served it out to take a 2-1 sets lead. Federer pennyless in a fifth and seventh games of a fourth set. He strike 20 aces and converted 5 of 12 mangle points while losing his offer twice in a dual hour and 45-minute match. Federer strike 51 winners and committed 28 spontaneous errors compared to Djokovic’s 43 winners and 47 errors. Read Match Report
2008 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Semi-final, Monte-Carlo, clay, Federer d. Djokovic 63 32 ret. (illness)
Roger Federer reached a Monte-Carlo final when Novak Djokovic pulled out angry of nausea mid by a second set after 72 mins of play. Djokovic said, “I didn’t feel good for a final 3 days. I’ve been waking adult with a bruise throat. But we suspicion it’s not going to be zero special. But apparently when you’re personification opposite a World No. 1, we apparently get a lot of balls behind and longer points, and we usually couldn’t get adequate appetite behind after any point. we indispensable a lot of time. And we usually motionless not to risk anything. we feel nausea a small bit in a final 3 days.” Read Match Report
Novak Djokovic reeled off 13 aces and strike 50 winners to kick Roger Federer 7-5, 6-3, 7-6(5) in a semi-finals of a Australian Open. The 20-year-old Serbian hold offer when a mangle would have altered movement and handed Federer his initial true sets detriment during a Australian Open given a 2000 and 2001 initial rounds to Arnaud Clement. Federer had a possibility to offer for a initial set during 5-3. Djokovic pennyless twice to win that set and twice some-more to get to 5-1 in a second in an 11-game method that altered a match. Federer, who had been behest to strech his 11th true vital final, after admitted, “Of course, I’ve combined a monster. So we know we need to always win each tournament.” Djokovic drew on his knowledge in his 2007 US Open final, meaningful a vigour was ascent on his opposition after such an despotic run. “I am usually unequivocally vacant we coped with a vigour today,” pronounced Djokovic. “In a many vicious moments, we played my best tennis. It’s usually amazing, indescribable, to kick a World No. 1, one of a best players this competition has ever had, in true sets.” Djokovic went onto play World No. 43 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a final.
Roger Federer became a initial male given Bill Tilden in a 1920s to win a US Championships 4 years in a quarrel and during 26 years of age a Swiss was now dual vital titles bashful of equalling Pete Sampras’ career record of 14 titles. Federer, a World No. 1 for 188 weeks in a row, drew on his larger knowledge to kick vital final debutant Novak Djokovic 7-6(4), 7-6(2), 6-4. Djokovic, 20, led 6-5 in a opening dual sets. In a first, he hold 5 set indicate opportunities. He was 6-5 and portion during 40/0. In a second, he missed two. “My subsequent book is going to be called, ‘Seven Set Points,’” pronounced Djokovic. Federer admitted, “New guys severe me – this is my biggest proclivity out there. Seeing them severe me, and afterwards violence them in a finals.” Federer took home a Grand Slam championship-record $2.4 million in esteem income – $1.4 million for winning, and a $1 million reward given he finished atop a US Open Series standings. From 1970 to 2005, no male had reached all 4 Grand Slam championship finals in a calendar year. Federer had achieved that attainment dual years in a row.
Novak Djokovic done story by apropos a initial actor to kick a world’s Top 3 players in a same competition given Boris Becker degraded No. 3 Michael Stich, No. 1 Pete Sampras and No. 2 Goran Ivanisevic in period during 1994 Stockholm. Third seed Djokovic warranted $400,000 in esteem income after producing a shining arrangement of shot-making to kick World No. 1 and two-time former titlist Roger Federer 7-6(2), 2-6, 7-6(2) in a Rogers Cup final during Montreal. The 20-year-old Serb saved 6 set points in a initial set, yet fortifying champion Federer fought behind to turn a score-line by winning a second set. Djokovic, who had never beaten Federer in their 4 prior meetings, took a quarrel to a tip seed in a decider and finally wrapped adult a compare in dual hours and 12 minutes. “This initial set was unequivocally essential we can say,” pronounced Djokovic. “The initial set was unequivocally important, we saved a integrate of set points and we had 40-0 and 5-5 on my offer yet we mislaid it and afterwards after that we unequivocally quarrel for each indicate and we managed to win that initial set that was unequivocally important. And to win dual tie-breaks opposite a World No. 1, substantially a strongest actor mentally on a tour, it’s another achievement, it’s another success so I’m really, unequivocally happy.”
Roger Federer, behest for his fourth Dubai title, after successes in 2003-2005, compulsory usually over dual hours to kick World No. 14 Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 for a place in a semi-finals. Federer’s coherence of offer valid a game-changer as he won 74 per cent of his initial use points and saved 3 of 5 mangle points.
2007 Australian Open Fourth Round, Melbourne, hard, Federer d. Djokovic 62 75 63
Roger Federer strike 12 aces and forsaken usually 20 points on offer in a totally widespread opening over Novak Djokovic, recording a 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 win in usually one hour and 50 mins that had a Rod Laver Arena on a feet. Federer would go onto turn a initial male given Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win a Grand Slam championship yet losing a set.
2006 Davis Cup World Group Play-off, Switzerland vs. Serbia Montenegro, Geneva, Federer d. Djokovic 63 62 63
Switzerland led 2-1 going into a initial retreat singles rubber, after Federer had beaten Janko Tipsarevic in true sets and Djokovic had edged Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-4. Djokovic, who had risen 60 places to World No. 21 in a past 12 months, was overawed by Federer losing 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to give Switzerland an irrefutable lead.
Federer started his Monte-Carlo debate chasing his third Masters 1000 pretension of a season. He looked indolent opposite 18-year-old qualifier Djokovic, creation uncharacteristic, spontaneous errors. The Swiss looked in control in a initial set yet struggled in a second, dropping offer twice before losing a set by banishment a candid forehand wide. Djokovic, though, ran out of steam in a decider, notwithstanding saving 3 compare points before attack a forehand prolonged on a fourth to give Federer a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 win in one hour and 49 minutes. “I’m confident to have won and relieved it’s over,” pronounced Federer. “It was not easy. we didn’t play good yet we need time to adjust to a surface.”
Federer Dismisses Seppi, Sets Djokovic SF Clash
Posted on May 19, 2012
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INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA 2012
Rome, Italy
by ATP Staff
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18.05.2012
World No. 2 Roger Federer set a semi-final showdown with top-ranked Novak Djokovic during the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Friday, breezing past Andreas Seppi 6-1, 6-2 in Rome. Federer and Djokovic will face off for a initial time given a 2011 US Open final four, when Djokovic saved dual compare points to corner a 16-time vital champion in 5 sets.
Playing Seppi for a ninth time, Federer converted 4 of his 8 mangle indicate opportunities, and strike 81 per cent of his initial serves in play to sojourn undefeated opposite a Italian, advancing in only 54 minutes.
“I was happy with everything,” settled Federer. “I knew Seppi being a favourite for a fans here was going to be a tough match. we was means to unequivocally take it to him right from a start, being aggressive, and it all played out. It’s a good win on clay for me.”
The Swiss, entrance off a delight during a Mutua Madrid Open final week (d. Berdych), is behest to lift his fifth prize of a season, following successes in Rotterdam (d. del Potro), Dubai (d. Murray), Indian Wells (d. Isner) and Madrid.
The 30-year-old Federer binds a 14-10 record opposite Djokovic, though has forsaken 4 of their past 5 encounters. Federer is 3-1 contra a Serbian on clay, having ended Djokovic 43-match win strain final year in a Roland Garros semi-finals.
“Tomorrow, I’ve got a possibility opposite Djokovic,” Federer said. “I’m looking brazen to that match. It’s another night session. I’m happy I’m personification so good on a court.”
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Shark Bites Rome: Big Three In Final Four
Posted on May 19, 2012
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Shark Bites
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by Greg Sharko
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18.05.2012
ATP stats and information guru Greg Sharko looks during a numbers behind a stories of a ATP World Tour.
BIG 3 LEAD THE WAY – Since 2007 Roland Garros, a Big 3 of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have reached a semi-finals together on 24 occasions, including 3 times this year and 5 times in 2011.
They have reached the final four in 13 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments and 10 Grand Slams events. Of a prior 23, they have been assimilated by Andy Murray in the semi-finals 7 times.
Bold next indicates a contingent winner:
Titles Breakdown:
- Djokovic 8
- Nadal 7 (6 on clay)
- Federer 6
Other: del Potro, Murray
Note: The Big 3 have accounted for 27 of a final 28 Grand Slam titles going behind to 2005 Roland Garros and 21 of a final 31 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles given a commencement of 2009.
Rome Saturday Briefing
Posted on May 19, 2012
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INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA 2012
Rome, Italy
by Greg Sharko
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18.05.2012
SATURDAY PREVIEW – BIG THREE FERRER MAKE UP BLOCKBUSTER FINAL FOUR IN ROME
• The Top 3 players on a ATP World Tour and a former World No. 4 make adult a blockbuster semi-final choice Saturday during a Internazionali BNL d’Italia, a final clay justice ATP Masters 1000 contest before Roland Garros. It’s a initial time in a story of a ATP World Tour Rankings (since 1973) 3 players to arrange No. 1 are in a Rome semi-finals. The 4 players left have won 11 titles in 2012.
• The initial semi-final pits No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal opposite No. 6 seed David Ferrer in a conflict between Spain’s Top 2 players. Nadal has won this contest in 5 of his 7 prior appearances and with 3 straight-set wins this week has softened to 34-2 lifetime here. Ferrer positively rises his diversion in Rome, this now being a usually ATP Masters 1000 contest where he has been to a semi-finals 3 times (he was a semi-finalist in 2005 and a runner-up in 2010). Nadal positively rises his diversion opposite Ferrer – in further to a altogether 14-4 head-to-head lead, Nadal has beaten his countryman 11 times in a quarrel on clay (nine of 11 wins came in true sets). Nadal is 2-0 in Rome vs. Ferrer.
• Nadal is perplexing to strech his 70th career ATP World Tour turn final (48-21 record) as good as his 31st ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final (20-10 mark). Ferrer is looking to strech his 30th career ATP World Tour final (14-15 record) as good as his fourth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final (0-3). Nadal has won 38 true clay justice semi-finals given Umag in 2003 (losing to Carlos Moya).
• The second semi-final pits World No. 1 Novak Djokovic opposite No. 3 seed/World No. 2 Roger Federer. Rome has been a successful stop for both players. This is a usually ATP Masters 1000 clay justice eventuality Djokovic has won twice (2008, ’11) and has collected 3 tough justice events mixed times too. Djokovic, appearing in his fifth true semi-final in Rome, has a 21-3 lifetime symbol here. This is one of 3 stream ATP Masters 1000 events Federer has nonetheless to win a pretension (along with Monte Carlo and Shanghai). He has a 23-11 career record in Rome, reaching a final in 2003 and ’06. Since a final time they met in a semi-finals of final year’s US Open, Federer has put together a fantastic 48-3 record with 7 titles (in 10 tournaments) while Djokovic is 35-8 with dual titles (both this season) in 9 events. Federer has a 14-10 head-to-head advantage, including a 3-1 symbol on clay.
• Federer is perplexing to strech his 105th career ATP World Tour final (74-30 mark) as good as his 33rd ATP Masters 1000 final (20-12 record, shares record of 20 titles with Nadal). Djokovic is perplexing to strech his 46th career ATP World Tour turn final (30-15 mark) as good as his 20th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final (11-8). Federer is going for his fifth career win over a World No. 1, carrying beaten Hewitt (‘02 Miami), Roddick (’03 Tennis Masters Cup) and Nadal twice (‘09 Madrid, ‘10 ATP World Tour Finals).
* Semi-finalists Breakdown – In Draw Order
2012 Titles ATP Masters 1000 Titles Career Top 10
ATP Rank W-L (on clay) 2012 / Career 2012 / Career Grand Slam Titles W-L
1 Djokovic 29-4 (9-2) 2 / 30 1 / 11 5 68-57 (54%)
2 Federer 31-3 (8-1) 4 / 74 2 / 20 16 153-74 (67%)
6 Ferrer 33-6 (21-3) 3 / 13 0 / 0 0 35-68 (34%)
3 Nadal 31-4 (14-1) 2 / 48 1 / 20 10 95-51 (65%)
SATURDAY SEMI-FINALS FEDEX ATP HEAD 2 HEADS – In Order of Play
(6) David Ferrer (ESP) vs (2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 14-4
04 Stuttgart (Germany) Clay QF David Ferrer 6-3 6-7(3) 7-5
05 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-3
05 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 4-6 6-4 7-5
05 Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-2 6-0
07 Barcelona (Spain) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-1
07 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard R16 David Ferrer 6-7(3)6-4 7-6(4) 6-2
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR David Ferrer 4-6 6-4 6-3
08 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-1 7-5
08 Barcelona (Spain) Clay Final Rafael Nadal 6-1 4-6 6-1
09 Barcelona (Spain) Clay Final Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-5
09 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal (Canada)Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 4-3 ret
10 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard R16 Rafael Nadal 7-6(5)6-4
10 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-3
10 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay Final Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-2
11 Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF David Ferrer 6-4 6-2 6-3
11 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay Final Rafael Nadal 6-4 7-5
11 Barcelona (Spain) Clay Final Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-4
12 Barcelona (Spain) Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-6(1) 7-5
David Ferrer Rafael Nadal
Sets Won: 12 31
Tiebreak Sets Won: 1 4
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 1 11
Hard: 3 3
FERRER FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Spaniard is appearing in a semi-finals for a third time in 9 attempts (15-8 record)…Two years ago reached his initial final (d. No. 5 Murray-3R, No. 10 Tsonga-QF, No. 9 Verdasco-SF, l. to No. 3 Nadal)…Has a 6-2 career symbol vs. Top 10 opponents in Rome
• His prior best was a semi-finals in 2005 when he mislaid to Nadal 7-5 in a third set
• This week after a bye, degraded countryman Fernando Verdasco 63 76(3), No. 11 seed Gilles Simon 60 76(5) and No. 16 seed Richard Gasquet 76(4) 63…Has hold offer 25 of 31 games (81%) and won 11 of 21 lapse games (52%)
• He done his entrance in 2003 and degraded No. 1 Andre Agassi in a initial turn before losing in a subsequent turn to Ivan Ljubicic…The following year, posted win over No. 10 Grosjean (2R), mislaid to No. 17 Novak
2012 Highlights:
W(3): Auckland (d Rochus); Buenos Aires (d Almagro); Acapulco (d Verdasco); F: Barcelona (l Nadal); QF(3): Australian Open (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (l Djokovic); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Federer)
YTD W-L: 33-6 (21-3 on clay) Date of Birth: Apr 2, 1982
YTD Tie-break: 10-5
YTD Titles: 3/Career Titles: 14 (8 on clay)
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 6 (Career-high No. 4 on Feb 25, 2008)
2012 in Review:
• The No. 2 Spaniard comes into his fifth semi-final with a 33-6 compare record (21-3 on clay) on a season, his initial in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and ninth of his career (3-5) …His 21 wins on clay is an ATP World Tour-high this deteriorate (one some-more than Nicolas Almagro)
• Has a 3-1 symbol in ATP World Tour finals and in his final pretension compare on Apr 29 in Barcelona, mislaid to countryman Rafael Nadal 76 75 for a fourth time in a Barca final
• Won 3 of initial 4 tournaments in Auckland (d. Rochus), Buenos Aires (d. Almagro) and Acapulco (d. Verdasco)…Also a quarter-finalist during a Australian Open and Miami (l. to Djokovic in both) and third turn during Indian Wells (l. to Istomin)
• His 3 titles ties a career-high (also in 2007) and is second-best on a ATP World Tour behind Roger Federer’s 4 …Has a 14-15 career symbol in ATP World Tour finals, 8-10 on clay, and perplexing to strech his fourth ATP Masters 1000 final (0-3)
• Looking for his initial Top 10 win of a deteriorate (0-4) and 35-68 in his career
Beating Nadal twice on Clay – Ferrer is perplexing to turn a fourth actor to kick Nadal twice on clay. The others are: Gaston Gaudio (3), Novak Djokovic (2) and Roger Federer (2), Ferrer’s prior clay justice win came in their initial assembly (QFs) in Stuttgart in Jul 2004. Since then, Nadal has won 11 in a quarrel on clay.
NADAL FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The tournament’s usually five-time champion (2005-07, ’09-10) is perplexing to strech his fourth true final and seventh overall…Has a 34-2 career compare record, 5-1 symbol in finals and 8-1 vs. Top 10 opponents
• This week has not forsaken a set while holding 27 of 28 use games (saving 5 of 6 mangle points)…Has damaged offer 11 times in 27 games (41%)…Has posted wins over German Florian Mayer 61 75, countryman Marcel Granollers 61 61 and No. 7 seed Tomas Berdych 64 75
• His usually waste have come in final year’s final (l. to No. 2 Djokovic 64 64) and in a second turn (after a bye) in 2008 to countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero 75 61
• Two years ago came in No. 3 and degraded countryman David Ferrer 75 62 in a final…In 2009, he degraded No. 3 Novak Djokovic…He became a initial actor to win 4 titles in contest history…Thomas Muster (1990, ’95-96), Martin Mulligan (1963, ’65, ’67) and Jaroslav Drobny (1950-52) are a usually three-time winners
• In 2007, he degraded Fernando Gonzalez 62 62 in a pretension compare and in 2006, prevailed in a fifth set tie-break over No. 1 Federer (saved dual compare points in 5:05 marathon)…In 2005, degraded Argentine Guillermo Coria in a fifth set tie-break (in 5 hours, 14 minutes) for his initial Rome title
Final Results in Rome (5-1):
2011 – mislaid to No. 2 Novak Djokovic 64 64 2007 – d. No. 6 Fernando Gonzalez 62 62
2010 – d. No. 17 David Ferrer 75 62 2006 – d. No. 1 Roger Federer 67 76 64 26 76
2009 – d. No. 3 Novak Djokovic 76 62 2005 – d. No. 11 Guillermo Coria 64 36 63 46 76
2012 Highlights:
W(2): ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (d Djokovic); Barcelona (d Ferrer); F: Australian Open (l Djokovic); SF(3): Doha (l Monfils); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Federer); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (W/O vs Murray)
YTD W-L: 30-4 (13-1 on clay)
YTD Tie-break: 4-3
YTD Titles: 2/Career Titles: 48 (34 on clay)
Date of Birth: Jun 3, 1986
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 3 (Career-high No. 1 on Aug 18, 2008)
2012 in Review:
• The 25-year-old Mallorcan is creation his seventh semi-final (or better) entrance in as many tournaments and owns a 31-4 compare record (14-1 on clay) and dual ATP World Tour clay titles…He is ranked No. 3 for a initial time given week of May 10, 2010…Will go behind to No. 2 with a title
• Has a 7-2 symbol vs. Top 10 opponents this deteriorate and 95-51 in his career
• Last week he mislaid in a third turn to countryman Fernando Verdasco in Madrid (after holding a 5-2, double mangle lead in third set)…The detriment finished a 22-match clay winning strain given losing to Djokovic in final year’s Rome final
• Prior to final week, he prisoner his seventh pretension in Barcelona on Apr. 29 (d. Ferrer) and a prior week he prisoner his eighth true ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo climax (d. Djokovic)
• Has a 48-21 career record in ATP World Tour finals (34-4 on clay)
• Opened a deteriorate by reaching semi-finals in Doha (l. to Monfils) and followed with runner-up during a Australian Open, descending to Djokovic 57 64 62 67 75 in a record 5:53 marathon…Has reached a final 4 Grand Slam finals (1-3 mark) going behind to Roland Garros (10-5 lifetime in finals)
• Prior to Monte Carlo, his final compare was Mar. 28 in Miami where he degraded No. 6 Tsonga in a quarter-finals before withdrawing from SF (vs. Murray) due to left knee injury…It was usually second walkover he gave in 777 matches (’04 Estoril)
• In Indian Wells, he reached a singles semi-finals (l. to Federer) and prisoner his eighth career doubles pretension (w/M. Lopez) in Indian Wells…Did not dump a set in 5 matches during doubles play
CLAY COURT KING – Nadal has a best career compare record on clay in a Open Era with a 245-19 symbol (.928) and he’s 34-4 in clay finals. Here’s a year-by-year demeanour during Nadal’s clay justice leverage given 2005, compiling a 218-9 compare record (.960) and 33-4 symbol in clay justice finals on a ATP World Tour:
W-L Clay Finals
2012 – 14-1 2-0 2008 – 24-1 4-0
2011 – 28-2 3-2 (l. to Djokovic twice) 2007 – 31-1 5-1 (l. to Federer)
2010 – 22-0 4-0 2006 – 26-0 4-0
2009 – 23-2 3-1 (l. to Federer) 2005 – 50-2 8-0
Note: Nadal has won 38 clay justice semi-finals in a quarrel (last loss: Carlos Moya, ’03 Umag)
(1)Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs (3) Roger Federer (SUI) Federer Leads 14-10
06 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Clay R64 Roger Federer 6-3 2-6 6-3
06 SUI v. SCG WG PO (Switzerland) Hard RR Roger Federer 6-3 6-2 6-3
07 Australian Open (Australia) Hard R16 Roger Federer 6-2 7-5 6-3
07 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard QF Roger Federer 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3
07 ATP Masters Series Montreal Hard F Novak Djokovic 7-6(2) 2-6 7-6(2)
07 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard F Roger Federer 7-6(4) 7-6(2) 6-4
08 Australian Open (Australia) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3 7-6(5)
08 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Clay SF Roger Federer 6-3 3-2 ret
08 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-3 5-7 7-5 6-2
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard SF Novak Djokovic 3-6 6-2 6-3
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay SF Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 6-3
09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati Hard F Roger Federer 6-1 7-5
09 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF Roger Federer 7-6(3) 7-5 7-5
09 Basel (Switzerland) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-4 4-6 6-2
10 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto Hard SF Roger Federer 6-1 3-6 7-5
10 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 7-5
10 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (China) Hard SF Roger Federer 7-5 6-4
10 Basel (Switzerland) Hard F Roger Federer 6-4 3-6 6-1
10 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard SF Roger Federer 6-1 6-4
11 Australian Open (Australia) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-6(3) 7-5 6-4
11 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-3
11 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 3-6 6-2
11 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Roger Federer 7-6(5) 6-3 3-6 7-6(5)
11 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-7(7) 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5
Novak Djokovic Roger Federer
Sets Won: 30 43
Tiebreak Sets Won: 5 6
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 1 3
Hard: 9 11
DJOKOVIC FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The reigning champ has a 21-3 career symbol and he’s creation his fifth true semi-final appearance… Trying to strech a final for a fourth time (2-1 mark)…Has a 6-3 symbol vs. Top 10 opponents
• This week has degraded Aussie teen Bernad Tomic 63 63, No. 14 seed Juan Monaco 46 62 63 and No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 75 61…Has hold offer 28 of 33 games (85%) and damaged opponents 13 times in 31 games (42%)
• Last year kick No. 1 Rafael Nadal 64 64 for his second pretension …Lost usually 11 games in his initial 3 wins, over Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot 60 63, No. 14 Stanislas Wawrinka 64 61 and No. 5 Robin Soderling 63 60, before winning a 3:02 SF conflict vs No. 4 Murray 61 36 76(2)
• Two years ago mislaid in a quarter-finals in 3 sets to No. 9 Fernando Verdasco…In 2009, mislaid to No. 1 Nadal 76(2) 62 in a final…In 2008, he rallied to better Stanislas Wawrinka 46 63 63 in a final and went by a contest though confronting a seed
• Made his entrance in ‘07 and reached a buliding (d. Soderling, Baghdatis, l. to contingent champn Nadal)
2012 Highlights:
W (2): Australian Open (d Nadal); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (d Murray); F: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (l Nadal); SF(2): Dubai (l Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l Isner); QF: ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (l Tipsarevic)
YTD W-L: 29-4 (9-2 on clay)
YTD Tie- break: 7-6
YTD Titles: 2/Career Titles: 30 (7 on clay)
Date of Birth: May 22, 1987
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 1 (Career-high on Jul 4, 2011)
2012 in Review:
• The World No. 1 is appearing in his sixth semi-final this deteriorate and enters with a 29-4 compare record (9-2 on clay)…Last week he mislaid to countryman Janko Tipsarevic in a quarter-finals in Madrid…Has an 8-3 symbol vs. Top 10 (68-57 in career)…One year ago left Rome with a 37-0 record and 7 titles
• He is personification in his third clay contest of a deteriorate and reached a final in Monte-Carlo on Apr 22 (l. to Nadal 63 61)…He’ steady titles during a ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Miami on Apr. 1 (d. No. 4 Murray) and a Australian Open pretension on Jan. 29
• Prior to Miami, mislaid in a semi-finals to Isner 76 36 76, in Indian Wells, and to Andy Murray in Dubai
• En track to winning his fifth Grand Slam pretension (third in a row) Down Under (d. Murray and Nadal in back-to-back five-setters in SFs and final)…His 5:53 marathon win over Nadal was longest Slam final ever
• Has a 99-10 compare record given a commencement of final year (went 70-6 in 2011)…This is a 46th true week during No. 1 in South African Airways ATP Rankings (since Jul 4, 2011) after Wimbledon title
FEDERER FASTFACTS
Tournament Highlights:
• The 30-year-old Swiss local comes in with a 22-11 career symbol in Rome and appearing in his fourth semi-final in 12th showing…This week has degraded Argentine Carlos Berlocq 63 64, former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero 62 57 61 and tip Italian Andreas Seppi 61 62 in 54 mins (shortest compare of week)
…No. 1 in initial offer pts. (83%), mangle pts. saved (9 of 11) and No. 2 in use games (30 of 32, 94%)
• Last year degraded No. 18 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in opening compare (after bye) before losing in third turn to No. 16 Richard Gasquet in a third set tie-break
• A two-time runner-up, in 2003 (l. to Mantilla) and ‘06 (l. to Nadal in fifth set TB), his best results, and semi-finals in 2009 (l. to Djokovic)…He also was a quarter-finalist in 2008 (l. to Stepanek)
• Two years ago he suffered his initial opening turn detriment given 2002 to Ernests Gulbis in 3 sets
• He done his entrance in 2000 and mislaid to Andrei Medvedev in a initial round…Also mislaid in a initial turn dual years after to Italian Andrea Gaudenzi
2012 Highlights:
W (4): Rotterdam (d del Potro); Dubai (d Murray); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (d Isner); ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid (d Berdych); SF (2): Doha (W/O vs Tsonga); Australian Open (l Nadal)
YTD W-L: 31-3 (8-1 on clay)
YTD Tie-break: 9-5
YTD Titles: 4/Career Titles: 74 (10 on clay)
Date of Birth: Aug 8, 1981
South African Airways ATP Ranking: 2 (Career-high No. 1 on Feb. 2, 2004)
2012 in Review:
• The Swiss luminary is appearing in his seventh semi-final of a deteriorate in eighth contest and he enters with a 31-3 record (8-1 on clay)…Has 8-1 symbol vs. Top 10 opponents, best on ATP World Tour
• He is entrance off his ATP World Tour-best fourth pretension of a deteriorate final Sunday in Madrid (d. Berdych) and 20th career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown…He became a initial three-time leader in Madrid…Afterwards went from No. 3 to No. 2 for initial time given week of Mar 14, 2011
• Prior to Madrid, his final tour was a third turn three-set detriment to Andy Roddick in Miami on Mar. 26 …The detriment pennyless a 16-match winning streak
• His usually prior clay compare was a four-set Davis Cup detriment to American John Isner on Feb. 10
• Has prisoner during slightest one ATP World Tour pretension for 12 true years, best among active players (Roddick has 11 though nonetheless to win this year) and his 74 career titles is No. 4 in a Open Era
• He won uninterrupted ATP World Tour titles in Rotterdam (d. del Potro) on Feb. 19, Dubai (d. Murray) on Mar. 3 and his 19th career ATP Masters 1000 in Indian Wells on Mar. 18 (d. No. 9 del Potro, No. 2 Nadal, No. 11 Isner in final 3 rounds though dropping a set)
• During 16-match winning streak, usually forsaken 3 sets, to Nikolay Davydenko in semi-finals of Rotterdam and to Milos Raonic (3R) and Thomaz Bellucci (4R) in Indian Wells
• Has won 48 of past 51 matches and 7 of 10 contest titles given descending in 5 sets in final year’s US Open semi-finals (l. to Djokovic)
• With Madrid title, he surpassed $70 million in career esteem income (most in pro tennis)
ON A ROLL – Federer is 48-3 (winning 7 of past 10 tournaments) given descending to Djokovic in a US Open semi-finals final September:
2011 Davis Cup – vs. Australia 2-0
2011 Basel – (d. Nishikori in Final) 7-0
2011 ATP Masters 1000 Paris – (d. Tsonga in Final) 12-0
2011 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (d. Tsonga in Final) 17-0
2012 Doha – (W/O vs. Tsonga in SF) 20-0
2012 Australian Open – (l. to Nadal in SF) 24-1
2012 Davis Cup – vs. U.S. (l. to Isner) 24-2
2012 Rotterdam – (d. del Potro in Final) 28-2
2012 Dubai – (d. Murray in Final) 33-2
2012 Indian Wells – (d. Isner in Final) 39-2
2012 Miami – (l. to Roddick in 3rd Rd.) 40-3
2012 Madrid – (d. Berdych in Final) 45-3
2012 Rome – (vs. Djokovic in SF) 48-3
POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 17-14
06 Roland Garros (France) Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 ret
07 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard F Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-5
07 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4
07 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay QF Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-3
07 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-4 6-2
07 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass SF Rafael Nadal 3-6 6-1 4-1 ret
07 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal Hard SF Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4
08 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-2
08 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay SF Rafael Nadal 7-5 2-6 6-2
08 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-2 7-6(3)
08 London / Queen’s Club Grass F Rafael Nadal 7-6(6) 7-5
08 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-1 7-5
08 Beijing Olympics (China) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-4 1-6 6-4
09 ESP vs. SRB WG 1st RD (Spain) Clay RR Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 6-1
09 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-3 2-6 6-1
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-6(2) 6-2
09 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay SF Rafael Nadal 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(9)
09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.)Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-1 6-4
09 ATP Masters 1000 Paris (France) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-3
09 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Novak Djokovic 7-6(5) 6-3
10 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard F Rafael Nadal 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2
10 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-2
11 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard F Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 6-2
11 ATP Masters 1000 Miami Hard F Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-3 7-6(4)
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay F Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-4
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Clay F Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4
11 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass F Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3
11 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1
12 Australian Open (Australia) Hard F Novak Djokovic 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7(5) 7-5
12 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-1
Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal
Sets Won: 37 44
Tiebreak Sets Won: 2 7
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 2 10
Hard: 11 5
Carpet: 0 0
Grass: 1 2
Roger Federer (SUI) vs Rafael Nadal (ESP) Nadal Leads 18-10
04 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard R32 Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-3
05 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (U.S.A.) Hard F Roger Federer 2-6 6-7(4) 7-6(5)6-3 6-1
05 Roland Garros (France) Clay SF Rafael Nadal 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3
06 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard F Rafael Nadal 2-6 6-4 6-4
06 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(5)
06 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Italy) Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-7(0)7-6(5) 6-4 2-6 7-6(5)
06 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal 1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6(4)
06 Wimbledon (England) Grass F Roger Federer 6-0 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 6-3
06 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-4 7-5
07 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4
07 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay F Roger Federer 2-6 6-2 6-0
07 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4
07 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass F Roger Federer 7-6(7) 4-6 7-6(3) 2-6 6-2
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-4 6-1
08 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-5 7-5
08 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-7(3) 6-3
08 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-3 6-0
08 Wimbledon (Great Britain) Grass F Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 6-7(5) 6-7(8) 9-7
09 Australian Open (Australia) Hard F Rafael Nadal 7-5 3-6 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2
09 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay F Roger Federer 6-4 6-4
10 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (Spain) Clay F Rafael Nadal 6-4 7-6(5)
10 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard F Roger Federer 6-3 3-6 6-1
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay SF Rafael Nadal 5-7 6-1 6-3
11 Roland Garros (France) Clay F Rafael Nadal 7-5 7-6(3) 5-7 6-1
11 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Roger Federer 6-3 6-0
12 Australian Open (Australia) Hard SF Rafael Nadal 6-7(5) 6-2 7-6(5) 6-4
12 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard SF Roger Federer 6-3 6-2
Roger Federer Rafael Nadal
Sets Won: 38 53
Tiebreak Sets Won: 10 10
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 2 12
Hard: 6 5
Grass: 2 1
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs David Ferrer (ESP) Djokovic Leads 8-5
04 Bucharest (Romania) Clay R16 David Ferrer 4-6 6-4 6-4
07 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4
07 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay R16 David Ferrer 7-5 6-4
07 US Open (U.S.A.) Hard SF Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 6-3
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard RR David Ferrer 6-4 6-4
08 Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-0 6-3 7-5
09 Dubai (U.A.E.) Hard F Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3
09 ESP vs. SRB WG 1st RD (Spain) Clay RR David Ferrer 6-3 6-3 7-6(4)
10 Beijing (China) Hard F Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-4
11 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay QF Novak Djokovic 6-4 4-6 6-3
11 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR David Ferrer 6-3 6-1
12 Australian Open (Australia) Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-6(4) 6-1
12 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami Hard QF Novak Djokovic 6-2 7-6(1)
David Ferrer Novak Djokovic
Sets Won: 12 20
Tiebreak Sets Won: 1 2
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 3 1
Hard: 2 7
Roger Federer (SUI) vs David Ferrer (ESP) Federer Leads 13-0
03 Vienna (Austria) Hard R32 Roger Federer 6-2 6-2
05 Doha (Qatar) Hard R32 Roger Federer 6-1 6-1
06 ATP Masters 1000 Miami (USA) Hard SF Roger Federer 6-1 6-4
06 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay QF Roger Federer 6-1 6-3
06 Basel (Switzerland) Carpet QF Roger Federer 6-3 7-6(14)
07 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Clay QF Roger Federer 6-4 6-0
07 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay QF Roger Federer 6-3 4-6 6-3
07 Tennis Masters Cup (China) Hard F Roger Federer 6-2 6-3 6-2
09 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (USA) Hard R16 Roger Federer 3-6 6-3 6-4
10 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid Clay SF Roger Federer 7-5 3-6 6-3
10 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard RR Roger Federer 6-1 6-4
11 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Hard SF Roger Federer 7-5 6-3
12 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Clay QF Roger Federer 6-4 6-4
David Ferrer Roger Federer
Sets Won: 3 27
Tiebreak Sets Won: 0 1
Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 0 5
Hard: 0 7
Carpet: 0 1