Points won by each set: | 36-30, 21-28, 46-36, 29-12 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
41 % Federer – 44 of 107
19 % Agassi – 26 of 131
The 35-year-old [7] Agassi led *4:2 (30/0) in the 3rd set of that 2-hour 20-minute final & he was three points away from winning that pivotal set at 5:4. Agassi’s 90th and last final (60-30 record). Federer [1] became the first man since 1987 to reach all four major semifinals within a calendar year. He had defeated Agassi on the same court also a year before, but then needed five sets (similar progress of sets).
Federer’s route to his 32nd title:
1 Ivo Minar 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
2 Fabrice Santoro 7-5, 7-5, 7-6(2)
3 Olivier Rochus 6-3, 7-6(6), 6-2
4 Nicolas Kiefer 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4
Q David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
S Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 7-6(0), 4-6, 6-3
W Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-1
Points won by each set: | 36-30, 21-28, 46-36, 29-12 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
41 % Federer – 44 of 107
19 % Agassi – 26 of 131
The 35-year-old [7] Agassi led *4:2 (30/0) in the 3rd set of that 2-hour 20-minute final & he was three points away from winning that pivotal set at 5:4. Agassi’s 90th and last final (60-30 record). Federer [1] became the first man since 1987 to reach all four major semifinals within a calendar year. He had defeated Agassi on the same court also a year before, but then needed five sets (similar progress of sets).
Federer’s route to his 32nd title:
1 Ivo Minar 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
2 Fabrice Santoro 7-5, 7-5, 7-6(2)
3 Olivier Rochus 6-3, 7-6(6), 6-2
4 Nicolas Kiefer 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4
Q David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
S Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 7-6(0), 4-6, 6-3
W Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-1