Roger Federer vs Hicham Arazi — Dubai Quarter-final

Dubai · ATP · Quarter-final
SUI
Roger Federer
44 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 February 2003
hard
MAR
Hicham Arazi
52 yrs · 175 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLWLL
Federer R.
7-5 6-3
Arazi H.
Federer R.
762
Arazi H.
53–

Roger Federer defeated Hicham Arazi 7-5 6-3 in the Dubai quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Roger Federer came in leading the head-to-head 3–1, defending last year's round of 16. Roger Federer extended the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Roger Federer closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–3.

Head to head

3–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-07-26Canada MastersR64hardRoger Federer6-3 7-5
2002-09-20Davis Cup WG PO: MAR vs SUIRRclayRoger Federer6-3 6-2 6-1
2002-07-08GstaadR32clayRoger Federer6-4 6-3
2002-05-27Roland GarrosR128clayHicham Arazi6-3 6-2 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Federer R.serving93% hold

wins 73% of points on serve vs Arazi H.

Arazi H.serving78% hold

wins 62% 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.Arazi H.
1st serve in·Even
63%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
79%
69%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
59%
53%
Service points won·Slight edge
71%
62%
Return points won·Even
39%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
69%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
9.0
3.5
Double faults / match·Even
1.7
1.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 72). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
27°CPartly cloudy
Wind 10 km/hHumidity 51%

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Novak J.
6-17-62
Semi-finals
Novak J.
Robredo T.
6-46-1
Federer R.
Ljubicic I.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Novak J.
Schalken S.
6-46-4
Robredo T.
Lopez F.
6-746-36-4
Ljubicic I.
Schuettler R.
6-36-4
Federer R.
Arazi H.
7-56-3
R16
Lopez F.
El Aynaoui Y.
7-627-65
Robredo T.
Safin M.
7-54-67-63
Schuettler R.
Mirnyi M.
7-664-67-68
Ljubicic I.
Savolt A.
6-46-4
Novak J.
Stoliarov A.
6-16-1
Arazi H.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-44-66-3
Schalken S.
Santoro F.
3-67-627-65
Federer R.
Abel M.
6-47-5
R32
Abel M.
Heuberger I.
0-1
Stoliarov A.
Ivanisevic G.
6-6
Mirnyi M.
Voinea A.
6-46-2
Robredo T.
Bjorkman J.
6-26-3
Lopez F.
Kutsenko V.
7-656-2
El Aynaoui Y.
Awadhy O.
6-06-3
Novak J.
Hrbaty D.
6-13-66-3
Santoro F.
Koubek S.
6-716-26-0
Schalken S.
Youzhny M.
7-56-0
Schuettler R.
Krajan Z.
6-42-66-3
Safin M.
Waske A.
6-46-2
Ljubicic I.
Black W.
7-56-3
Federer R.
Labadze I.
6-36-3
Arazi H.
Vacek J.
6-26-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Van Lottum J.
6-24-66-3
Savolt A.
Henman T.
5-77-636-4