Roger Federer vs Fabrice Santoro — Marseille Semi-final

Marseille · ATP · Semi-final
SUI
Roger Federer
44 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 February 2000
hard
FRA
Fabrice Santoro
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLL
Federer R.
7-6 7-5
Santoro F.
Federer R.
7772
Santoro F.
645–

Roger Federer defeated Fabrice Santoro 7-6 7-5 in the Marseille semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Roger Federer came in leading the head-to-head 8–2, defending last year's quarter-final. Roger Federer extended the head-to-head to 9–2.

Key context

Head to head

8–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-01-14Australian OpenR64hardRoger Federer6-1 6-2 6-0
2006-01-02DohaR16hardRoger Federer7-6(2) 7-6(5)
2005-08-29US OpenR64hardRoger Federer7-5 7-5 7-6(2)
2005-01-17Australian OpenR128hardRoger Federer6-1 6-1 6-2
2004-08-30US OpenR32hardRoger Federer6-0 6-4 7-6(7)
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
1999-09-27ToulouseR16hardFabrice Santoro6-3 7-6(3)

Serve vs return

This season
Federer R.serving93% hold

wins 72% of points on serve vs Santoro F.

Santoro F.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Federer R.

Serve advantage — Federer R.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Federer R.Santoro F.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
79%
69%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
59%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
71%
61%
Return points won·Even
39%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
69%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
9.0
4.2
Double faults / match·Even
1.7
1.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Federer R.Santoro F.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
92
51
Break points saved·Clear edge
100
80
Break points won·Dominant
83
54
Deciding sets·Dominant
99
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
100
59

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
Weather
11°CMainly clear
Wind 25 km/hHumidity 83%

Draw

Final
Rosset M.
Federer R.
2-66-37-65
Semi-finals
Rosset M.
Grosjean S.
6-36-3
Federer R.
Santoro F.
7-647-5
Quarter-finals
Grosjean S.
Vinciguerra A.
6-46-4
Santoro F.
Guardiola T.
6-47-63
Rosset M.
Ivanisevic G.
6-43-66-2
Federer R.
Ljubicic I.
6-23-67-65
R16
Grosjean S.
Roux L.
6-43-66-4
Santoro F.
Siemerink J.
6-41-66-2
Ivanisevic G.
Enqvist T.
6-46-3
Rosset M.
Clement A.
6-47-5
Ljubicic I.
Kafelnikov Y.
7-656-3
Vinciguerra A.
Diaz J.
7-656-2
Federer R.
Johansson T.
6-36-2
Guardiola T.
Kroslak J.
6-36-3
R32
Roux L.
Knippschild J.
3-0
Rosset M.
Arthurs W.
6-36-3
Ljubicic I.
Voinea A.
6-37-64
Siemerink J.
Raoux G.
7-642-67-66
Guardiola T.
Stanoytchev O.
6-31-66-4
Kroslak J.
Hrbaty D.
7-676-4
Johansson T.
Bastl G.
6-07-63
Federer R.
Dupuis A.
6-46-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Pozzi G.
1-66-46-4
Enqvist T.
Portas A.
7-55-76-1
Ivanisevic G.
Saulnier C.
6-727-6116-0
Clement A.
Pretzsch A.
6-04-66-3
Grosjean S.
Di Pasquale A.
7-636-1
Diaz J.
Bjorkman J.
7-56-2
Vinciguerra A.
Safin M.
6-36-3
Santoro F.
Wessels P.
7-56-2