Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6(6), 7-6(5), 3-6, 16-14 in the Wimbledon final, 2009 on grass
The win gave Federer a record breaking 15 Slam title. He had recently won the French Open. Roddick was playing his third and as it would turn out, last Wimbledon final. The two had previously met in the finals in 2004 and 2005 as well as the semis in 2003, with Federer winning all the encounters
Federer won 223 points, Roddick 213
Serve Stats
Federer...
- 1st serve percentage (127/197) 64%
- 1st serve points won (113/127) 89%
- 2nd serve points won (42/70) 60%
- Aces 51
- Double Faults 4
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (89/197) 45%
Roddick...
- 1st serve percentage (168/239) 70%
- 1st serve points won (140/168) 83%
- 2nd serve points won (31/71) 44%
- Aces 27, Service Winners 3
- Double Faults 4
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (98/239) 41%
Serve Pattern
Federer served...
- to FH 45%
- to BH 55%
- to Body 5%
Roddick served...
- to FH 37%
- to BH 52%
- to Body 11%
Return Stats
Federer made...
- 137 (58 FH, 79 BH)
- 68 Errors, comprising...
- 20 Unforced (7 FH, 13 BH)
- 48 Forced (21 FH, 27 BH)
- Return Rate (137/235) 58%
Roddick made...
- 104 (34 FH, 70 BH)
- 1 Winner (1 FH)
- 38 Errors, comprising...
- 15 Unforced (10 FH, 5 BH)
- 23 Forced (14 FH, 9 BH)
- Return Rate (104/193) 54%
Break Points
Federer 1/7 (4 games)
Roddick 2/5 (3 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Federer 52 (35 FH, 8 BH, 2 FHV, 1 FH1/2V, 4 BHV, 2 OH)
Roddick 34 (20 FH, 7 BH, 3 FHV, 1 FH1/2V, 3 BHV)
Federer's FHs - 10 cc (4 passes, 1 at net), 7 dtl (1 pass), 11 inside-out (1 at net), 3 inside-in, 2 longline and 1 longline/inside-in
- BHs - 4 cc (1 pass - a net chord clipper), 2 dtl passes, 2 running-down-drop-shot passes at net (1 cc, 1 dtl)
- 1 from a serve-volley point, a first 'volley' FH at net drop shot
- 1 other FHV was a swinging shot
- 1 OH on the bounce from the baseline
Roddick's FHs - 6 cc (2 passes - 1 a return, 1 at net), 1 cc/longline at net, 1 dtl, 8 inside-out, 2 inside-in (1 at net), 1 longline and 1 running-down-drop-shot net chord dribbler at net
- BHs - 1 cc pass, 5 dtl (4 passes) and 1 inside-out
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Federer 77
- 44 Unforced (23 FH, 19 BH, 2 FHV)... with 1 non-net FHV
- 33 Forced (19 FH, 11 BH, 2 FHV, 1 BH1/2V)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 45.5
Roddick 78
- 57 Unforced (23 FH, 31 BH, 3 BHV)
- 21 Forced (6 FH, 12 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 BH1/2V)... with 2 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 45.1
(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 a measure of how aggressive of intent the average UE made was. 60 is maximum, 20 is minimum. This match has been scored using a four point scale - 2 defensive, 4 neutral, 5 attacking, 6 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Federer was...
- 24/38 (63%) at net, including...
- 2/4 (50%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 1/2 off 1st serve and...
- 1/2 off 2nd serve
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- 1/1 forced back/retreated
Roddick was...
- 35/54 (65%) at net, including...
- 3/4 (75%) serve-volleying, all 1st serves
Match Report
Straight out, serving shoot out on a fast court between 2 great servers leaves precious little chance for both returners and result hinges on the odd 'big point' and as match goes on and on, is finally settled by stamina. Roddick appears physically a goner as he's broken for the only time in the match to end the contest
There are multiple ways to interpret the match. Serve is overwhelming to the point of pushing everything else into background. In other words, it doesn't matter who the 'better player' is because so being doesn't extend to the degree to actually break serve. Federer is significantly the better player in almost all areas, but needs a slice or 2 of fortune to gain the win
Points served - Federer 197, Roddick 239... indicating Fed holding easier on whole
Points won - Federer 233, Roddick 213... slim, but given discrepancy of points served, tellingly in Fed's favour
Games with break points - Fed 3, Roddick 2... negligible difference. Roddick snagging 2 breaks to Fed's 1 is the 'playing big points better' random factor
Unreturned serves - Fed 45%, Roddick 41%... Roddick actually serves better, but Fed is considerably the better returner
Winners - Fed 52, Roddick 34... huge advantage for Fed. He has more FH winners (35) than Roddick does total. Even extending out to....
Winners + errors forced - Fed 73, Roddick 67
UEs - Fed 44, Roddick 57... with Roddick's BH the weak link with match high 31 UEs
Looking at more basic stats -
- 1st serve points won - Fed 89%, Roddick 83%
- 2nd serve points won - Fed 60%, Roddick 44%
... Fed's lead on both serves somewhat counter-balanced by Roddick serving at 70% to Fed's 64%
In short, well as Roddick plays, there's very little he actually does better than Federer. The 2nd serve points won numbers are particularly telling. Both players serve a mean 2nd serve, enough to give them advantageous starting point in rallies and occasionally, even be a strong weapon. Roddick's 44% isn't good in this light and in conjunction with Fed's impressive 60% won tells the tale of how the two stack up in play. Briefly, Fed superior
With Fed also leading aces 51 to 27 and unreturned rates 45% to 41%, he's also ahead in serve-return complex
Advantage in serve-return complex + advantage in play should equate to comfortable win. Such is the degree to which the serve shot dominates everything else that it doesn't. A good game here, a bad one there, a bad miss or 2 is enough to potentially offset all that. And very nearly does
Roddick utilizes net play to greater extent, though neither player particularly does. He's at net 54 times, winning 65% of those. Fed's up there 38 times and wins just a shade fewer at 63%. Low frequency numbers for such a long match. Coming to net is Rod's point finishing spearhead, while Fed looks to work over Rod's BH to draw errors or lash FHs to kill points
Easy holds in first set to the very end. Serving at 5-5, Roddick has to save 4 break points in a 16 point game. Among them are Fed missing a 2nd serve return and just missing a FH dtl winner attempt
Next game, he takes his only break point - a poor game from Fed where he misses a couple FH dtl's and a BH slice
Next set goes to tiebreak and Rod has 4 set points at 6-2. Fed saves the first with an exquisite flick BH cc winner on the half-volley and follows with 2 strong serves, leaving Rod with 1 last set point. Rod misses his first serve on that, but outplays Fed to leave himself a high BHV to putaway, which he yanks wide. Misses first serve next point too, and loses that too. He'd made 30/36 first serves prior to that in the set, including 10 of the last 11
Fed loses all of 2 service points in holding 6 times in the 3rd set, while having 1 break point in his 6 return games. He's comfortably up in the breaker from the start at 5-1, before closing it out 7-5. He serves 32 points in the set to Roddick's 42
Couple of BH errors by Fed, Rod being up to handling a tough, stretch BHV and unleashing a strong pass that forces a FHV error gets Rod the break in the 4th set. By this stage, both players are sending down relatively returnable serves and there is scope for returner getting into service games. Neither can manage to much though and its the only break point in the set
Fed has break point at start off 5th when a net chord clipping pass goes by for a winner. Rod serves his way out of trouble
Rod plays a superb game in game 17 to bring up 2 break points. Fed steps in with strong serves to hold
Rod ceases coming to net in the set. Both players continue to hold on back of strong serving, but the serve shot is down a step or 2 from what it had been earlier in match
Its probably simple fatigue that leads to the match ending. Roddick's finally broken in game 30. All 6 points he loses in the game in question are groundstroke UEs. He has 11 in the last 4 games of match (as opposed to 43 in the 73 games preceding it - the 2 tiebreakers included as games). Just wafting regulation shots out, often with mishits. It brings out that how clean a match he'd played upto this point
The win gave Federer a record breaking 15 Slam title. He had recently won the French Open. Roddick was playing his third and as it would turn out, last Wimbledon final. The two had previously met in the finals in 2004 and 2005 as well as the semis in 2003, with Federer winning all the encounters
Federer won 223 points, Roddick 213
Serve Stats
Federer...
- 1st serve percentage (127/197) 64%
- 1st serve points won (113/127) 89%
- 2nd serve points won (42/70) 60%
- Aces 51
- Double Faults 4
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (89/197) 45%
Roddick...
- 1st serve percentage (168/239) 70%
- 1st serve points won (140/168) 83%
- 2nd serve points won (31/71) 44%
- Aces 27, Service Winners 3
- Double Faults 4
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (98/239) 41%
Serve Pattern
Federer served...
- to FH 45%
- to BH 55%
- to Body 5%
Roddick served...
- to FH 37%
- to BH 52%
- to Body 11%
Return Stats
Federer made...
- 137 (58 FH, 79 BH)
- 68 Errors, comprising...
- 20 Unforced (7 FH, 13 BH)
- 48 Forced (21 FH, 27 BH)
- Return Rate (137/235) 58%
Roddick made...
- 104 (34 FH, 70 BH)
- 1 Winner (1 FH)
- 38 Errors, comprising...
- 15 Unforced (10 FH, 5 BH)
- 23 Forced (14 FH, 9 BH)
- Return Rate (104/193) 54%
Break Points
Federer 1/7 (4 games)
Roddick 2/5 (3 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Federer 52 (35 FH, 8 BH, 2 FHV, 1 FH1/2V, 4 BHV, 2 OH)
Roddick 34 (20 FH, 7 BH, 3 FHV, 1 FH1/2V, 3 BHV)
Federer's FHs - 10 cc (4 passes, 1 at net), 7 dtl (1 pass), 11 inside-out (1 at net), 3 inside-in, 2 longline and 1 longline/inside-in
- BHs - 4 cc (1 pass - a net chord clipper), 2 dtl passes, 2 running-down-drop-shot passes at net (1 cc, 1 dtl)
- 1 from a serve-volley point, a first 'volley' FH at net drop shot
- 1 other FHV was a swinging shot
- 1 OH on the bounce from the baseline
Roddick's FHs - 6 cc (2 passes - 1 a return, 1 at net), 1 cc/longline at net, 1 dtl, 8 inside-out, 2 inside-in (1 at net), 1 longline and 1 running-down-drop-shot net chord dribbler at net
- BHs - 1 cc pass, 5 dtl (4 passes) and 1 inside-out
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Federer 77
- 44 Unforced (23 FH, 19 BH, 2 FHV)... with 1 non-net FHV
- 33 Forced (19 FH, 11 BH, 2 FHV, 1 BH1/2V)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 45.5
Roddick 78
- 57 Unforced (23 FH, 31 BH, 3 BHV)
- 21 Forced (6 FH, 12 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 BH1/2V)... with 2 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 45.1
(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 a measure of how aggressive of intent the average UE made was. 60 is maximum, 20 is minimum. This match has been scored using a four point scale - 2 defensive, 4 neutral, 5 attacking, 6 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Federer was...
- 24/38 (63%) at net, including...
- 2/4 (50%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 1/2 off 1st serve and...
- 1/2 off 2nd serve
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- 1/1 forced back/retreated
Roddick was...
- 35/54 (65%) at net, including...
- 3/4 (75%) serve-volleying, all 1st serves
Match Report
Straight out, serving shoot out on a fast court between 2 great servers leaves precious little chance for both returners and result hinges on the odd 'big point' and as match goes on and on, is finally settled by stamina. Roddick appears physically a goner as he's broken for the only time in the match to end the contest
There are multiple ways to interpret the match. Serve is overwhelming to the point of pushing everything else into background. In other words, it doesn't matter who the 'better player' is because so being doesn't extend to the degree to actually break serve. Federer is significantly the better player in almost all areas, but needs a slice or 2 of fortune to gain the win
Points served - Federer 197, Roddick 239... indicating Fed holding easier on whole
Points won - Federer 233, Roddick 213... slim, but given discrepancy of points served, tellingly in Fed's favour
Games with break points - Fed 3, Roddick 2... negligible difference. Roddick snagging 2 breaks to Fed's 1 is the 'playing big points better' random factor
Unreturned serves - Fed 45%, Roddick 41%... Roddick actually serves better, but Fed is considerably the better returner
Winners - Fed 52, Roddick 34... huge advantage for Fed. He has more FH winners (35) than Roddick does total. Even extending out to....
Winners + errors forced - Fed 73, Roddick 67
UEs - Fed 44, Roddick 57... with Roddick's BH the weak link with match high 31 UEs
Looking at more basic stats -
- 1st serve points won - Fed 89%, Roddick 83%
- 2nd serve points won - Fed 60%, Roddick 44%
... Fed's lead on both serves somewhat counter-balanced by Roddick serving at 70% to Fed's 64%
In short, well as Roddick plays, there's very little he actually does better than Federer. The 2nd serve points won numbers are particularly telling. Both players serve a mean 2nd serve, enough to give them advantageous starting point in rallies and occasionally, even be a strong weapon. Roddick's 44% isn't good in this light and in conjunction with Fed's impressive 60% won tells the tale of how the two stack up in play. Briefly, Fed superior
With Fed also leading aces 51 to 27 and unreturned rates 45% to 41%, he's also ahead in serve-return complex
Advantage in serve-return complex + advantage in play should equate to comfortable win. Such is the degree to which the serve shot dominates everything else that it doesn't. A good game here, a bad one there, a bad miss or 2 is enough to potentially offset all that. And very nearly does
Roddick utilizes net play to greater extent, though neither player particularly does. He's at net 54 times, winning 65% of those. Fed's up there 38 times and wins just a shade fewer at 63%. Low frequency numbers for such a long match. Coming to net is Rod's point finishing spearhead, while Fed looks to work over Rod's BH to draw errors or lash FHs to kill points
Easy holds in first set to the very end. Serving at 5-5, Roddick has to save 4 break points in a 16 point game. Among them are Fed missing a 2nd serve return and just missing a FH dtl winner attempt
Next game, he takes his only break point - a poor game from Fed where he misses a couple FH dtl's and a BH slice
Next set goes to tiebreak and Rod has 4 set points at 6-2. Fed saves the first with an exquisite flick BH cc winner on the half-volley and follows with 2 strong serves, leaving Rod with 1 last set point. Rod misses his first serve on that, but outplays Fed to leave himself a high BHV to putaway, which he yanks wide. Misses first serve next point too, and loses that too. He'd made 30/36 first serves prior to that in the set, including 10 of the last 11
Fed loses all of 2 service points in holding 6 times in the 3rd set, while having 1 break point in his 6 return games. He's comfortably up in the breaker from the start at 5-1, before closing it out 7-5. He serves 32 points in the set to Roddick's 42
Couple of BH errors by Fed, Rod being up to handling a tough, stretch BHV and unleashing a strong pass that forces a FHV error gets Rod the break in the 4th set. By this stage, both players are sending down relatively returnable serves and there is scope for returner getting into service games. Neither can manage to much though and its the only break point in the set
Fed has break point at start off 5th when a net chord clipping pass goes by for a winner. Rod serves his way out of trouble
Rod plays a superb game in game 17 to bring up 2 break points. Fed steps in with strong serves to hold
Rod ceases coming to net in the set. Both players continue to hold on back of strong serving, but the serve shot is down a step or 2 from what it had been earlier in match
Its probably simple fatigue that leads to the match ending. Roddick's finally broken in game 30. All 6 points he loses in the game in question are groundstroke UEs. He has 11 in the last 4 games of match (as opposed to 43 in the 73 games preceding it - the 2 tiebreakers included as games). Just wafting regulation shots out, often with mishits. It brings out that how clean a match he'd played upto this point
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