Roger Federer vs Fabrice Santoro — Australian Open Round of 64

Australian Open · ATP · Round of 64
SUI
Roger Federer
45 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWW
3 — 0
Sets
Monday, 14 January 2008 ·
hard
FRA
Fabrice Santoro
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLL
Federer R.
6-1 6-2 6-0
Santoro F.
Federer R.
6663
Santoro F.
1200

Roger Federer defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-1 6-2 6-0 in the Australian Open round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Roger Federer came in leading the head-to-head 8–2, defending the title. Roger Federer extended the head-to-head to 9–2.

Key context

Head to head

8–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-01-02DohaR16hardRoger Federer7-6 7-6
2005-08-29US OpenR64hardRoger Federer7-5 7-5 7-6
2005-01-17Australian OpenR128hardRoger Federer6-1 6-1 6-2
2004-08-30US OpenR32hardRoger Federer6-0 6-4 7-6
2004-07-26Canada MastersQFhardRoger Federer7-5 6-4
2003-04-04Davis Cup WG QF: FRA vs SUIRRhardRoger Federer6-1 6-0 6-2
2003-02-17RotterdamR16hardRoger Federer6-0 6-4
2002-10-14Madrid MastersQFclayFabrice Santoro7-5 6-3
2000-02-07MarseilleSFhardRoger Federer7-6 7-5
1999-09-27ToulouseR16hardFabrice Santoro6-3 7-6

Statistics

This season
Federer R.Santoro F.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
79%
70%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
59%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
71%
61%
Return points won·Even
39%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
69%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.9
4.3
Double faults / match·Even
1.7
1.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 68). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Federer R.Santoro F.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
95
41
Break points saved·Dominant
100
66
Break points won·Dominant
90
51
Deciding sets·Dominant
99
51
Tiebreaks·Dominant
100
60

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw