Roger Federer beat Gaston Gaudio 6-0, 6-0 in the Year End Championship (World Tour Finals) semi-finals, 2005 on carpet in Shanghai, China
Federer - who had won the previous two editions of the tournament and would go onto win the next two - would go onto lose the final to David Nalbandian. Gaudio was ranked 9 at the time. It was the last edition of the tournament to be played on carpet
Federer won 55 points, Gaudio 25
Serve Stats
Federer...
- 1st serve percentage (18/36) 50%
- 1st serve points won (14/18) 78%
- 2nd serve points won (12/18) 67%
- Aces 5
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (11/36) 31%
Gaudio...
- 1st serve percentage (24/44) 55%
- 1st serve points won (9/24) 38%
- 2nd serve points won (6/20) 30%
- Double Faults 9
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (4/44) 9%
Serve Pattern
Federer served...
- to FH 47%
- to BH 42%
- to Body 11%
Gaudio served...
- to FH 11%
- to BH 84%
- to Body 5%
Return Stats
Federer made...
- 31 (3 FH, 28 BH), including 1 return-approach
- 1 Winner (1 BH)
- 4 Errors, comprising...
- 2 Unforced (2 BH)
- 2 Forced (1 FH, 1 BH)
- Return Rate (31/35) 89%
Gaudio made...
- 25 (12 FH, 13 BH)
- 6 Errors, comprising...
- 3 Unforced (2 FH, 1 BH)
- 3 Forced (2 FH, 1 BH)
- Return Rate (25/36) 69%
Break Points
Federer 6/10 (6 games)
Gaudio 0/1
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Federer 18 (8 FH, 2 BH, 4 FHV, 4 BHV)
Gaudio 3 (2 BH, 1 FHV)
Federer's FHs - 4 cc, 1 dtl and 3 inside-out
- BHs - 1 inside-out return and 1 drop shot (possibly not clean)
- 2 from serve-volley points - a first volley FHV and a second volley BHV
- 1 other BHV was a net chord dribbler
Gaudio's BHs - 2 dtl (1 pass)
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Federer 18
- 13 Unforced (6 FH, 7 BH)
- 5 Forced (2 FH, 2 BH, 1 BHOH)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46.9
Gaudio 17
- 10 Unforced (5 FH, 5 BH)
- 7 Forced (5 FH, 2 BH)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 45
(Note 1: all half-volleys refer to such shots played at net. Half -volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke counts)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Federer was...
- 9/12 (75%) at net, including...
- 2/2 serve-volleying, both first serves
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- 0/1 return-approaching
- 0/1 forced back
Gaudio was...
- 2/3 (67%) at net
Match Report
Slow start from both players as both make a number of routine errors. Federer holds first up and breaks on the back of 4 Gaudio double faults. Good point in that game with Fed return-approaching, only to be met with a slew of strong passes - first having to volley right in front of his body, second a stretch FHV and finally, a very difficult BHOH. He makes it back to the baseline but is forced into error there.
Federer shifts his own so-so opening in game 4 with a couple of forays to net ending with volley winners. He finishes the game from the baseline - a 1-2 BH cc to open the court-FH cc winner, followed by an outright FH cc winner next point.
After that, Fed maintains a higher level of play - still with odd errors thrown in (in play, he ends with 1 more than Gaudio has) but also high quality shot making, especially off the FH. A FH dtl winner, that commentators say was doing over a 100 miles an hour (I believe it), and a BH drop shot played from a couple paces behind the baseline (Gaudio trys to run it down... might or might not have gotten a racquet on the ball before second bounce) are the pick of them
Gaudio for his part... serves God awfully. 9 double faults in six service games and the serve isn't damaging either. Off the ground, his shots have little impact on this fast-ish court
Some sharp volleying from Federer. Generally, he isn't the best at penetrating low volleys, but pulls of a couple of firm winners from slightly under net level
Other noteworthy point is Federer's drive BH returning. Gaudio serves relentlessly to the BH (85%), and Federer scarcely chips any back as he tended to. Comes over them all. Its not aggressive returning of the kind that gives him initiative of the point, but less passive shall we say than his norm
Summing up, some good shot making and firm returning from Federer. The scoreline is more attributable to Gaudio's poor play - especially the serving but also tepid groundstrokes
Federer - who had won the previous two editions of the tournament and would go onto win the next two - would go onto lose the final to David Nalbandian. Gaudio was ranked 9 at the time. It was the last edition of the tournament to be played on carpet
Federer won 55 points, Gaudio 25
Serve Stats
Federer...
- 1st serve percentage (18/36) 50%
- 1st serve points won (14/18) 78%
- 2nd serve points won (12/18) 67%
- Aces 5
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (11/36) 31%
Gaudio...
- 1st serve percentage (24/44) 55%
- 1st serve points won (9/24) 38%
- 2nd serve points won (6/20) 30%
- Double Faults 9
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (4/44) 9%
Serve Pattern
Federer served...
- to FH 47%
- to BH 42%
- to Body 11%
Gaudio served...
- to FH 11%
- to BH 84%
- to Body 5%
Return Stats
Federer made...
- 31 (3 FH, 28 BH), including 1 return-approach
- 1 Winner (1 BH)
- 4 Errors, comprising...
- 2 Unforced (2 BH)
- 2 Forced (1 FH, 1 BH)
- Return Rate (31/35) 89%
Gaudio made...
- 25 (12 FH, 13 BH)
- 6 Errors, comprising...
- 3 Unforced (2 FH, 1 BH)
- 3 Forced (2 FH, 1 BH)
- Return Rate (25/36) 69%
Break Points
Federer 6/10 (6 games)
Gaudio 0/1
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Federer 18 (8 FH, 2 BH, 4 FHV, 4 BHV)
Gaudio 3 (2 BH, 1 FHV)
Federer's FHs - 4 cc, 1 dtl and 3 inside-out
- BHs - 1 inside-out return and 1 drop shot (possibly not clean)
- 2 from serve-volley points - a first volley FHV and a second volley BHV
- 1 other BHV was a net chord dribbler
Gaudio's BHs - 2 dtl (1 pass)
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Federer 18
- 13 Unforced (6 FH, 7 BH)
- 5 Forced (2 FH, 2 BH, 1 BHOH)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46.9
Gaudio 17
- 10 Unforced (5 FH, 5 BH)
- 7 Forced (5 FH, 2 BH)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 45
(Note 1: all half-volleys refer to such shots played at net. Half -volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke counts)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Federer was...
- 9/12 (75%) at net, including...
- 2/2 serve-volleying, both first serves
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- 0/1 return-approaching
- 0/1 forced back
Gaudio was...
- 2/3 (67%) at net
Match Report
Slow start from both players as both make a number of routine errors. Federer holds first up and breaks on the back of 4 Gaudio double faults. Good point in that game with Fed return-approaching, only to be met with a slew of strong passes - first having to volley right in front of his body, second a stretch FHV and finally, a very difficult BHOH. He makes it back to the baseline but is forced into error there.
Federer shifts his own so-so opening in game 4 with a couple of forays to net ending with volley winners. He finishes the game from the baseline - a 1-2 BH cc to open the court-FH cc winner, followed by an outright FH cc winner next point.
After that, Fed maintains a higher level of play - still with odd errors thrown in (in play, he ends with 1 more than Gaudio has) but also high quality shot making, especially off the FH. A FH dtl winner, that commentators say was doing over a 100 miles an hour (I believe it), and a BH drop shot played from a couple paces behind the baseline (Gaudio trys to run it down... might or might not have gotten a racquet on the ball before second bounce) are the pick of them
Gaudio for his part... serves God awfully. 9 double faults in six service games and the serve isn't damaging either. Off the ground, his shots have little impact on this fast-ish court
Some sharp volleying from Federer. Generally, he isn't the best at penetrating low volleys, but pulls of a couple of firm winners from slightly under net level
Other noteworthy point is Federer's drive BH returning. Gaudio serves relentlessly to the BH (85%), and Federer scarcely chips any back as he tended to. Comes over them all. Its not aggressive returning of the kind that gives him initiative of the point, but less passive shall we say than his norm
Summing up, some good shot making and firm returning from Federer. The scoreline is more attributable to Gaudio's poor play - especially the serving but also tepid groundstrokes
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