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Juan Martin del Potro vs Roger Federer Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Juan Martin del Potro seasons:20222019201820172016
Roger Federer seasons:20212020201920182017
🇦🇷 Juan Martin del Potro
🇨🇭 Roger Federer
Age: 37y 177d (1988-09-23)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1981-08-08) Age: 44y 223d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
7 - 18
Wins: 28.0% - 72.0%
Hard 7–13Clay 0–3Grass 0–2
Slam 25250 01Masters 1000 17Finals 21500 23Olympics 01
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🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro and 🇨🇭Roger Federer have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 25 times. Roger Federer currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 187.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro has compiled an overall career record of 439174 across 613 matches, translating to a win rate of 71.62%. On hard courts his record stands at 311119 (72.33%), while on clay he holds a 8436 (70.00%) mark. On grass the numbers read 4017 (70.18%) , and on carpet 42 (66.67%). Throughout his career he has won 22 titles (18 hard, 4 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 5378 (40.46%).

🇨🇭Roger Federer, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1251275 from 1526 matches (81.98% win rate). His hard-court record is 783155 (83.48%), on clay he stands at 22671 (76.09%), and on grass he has gone 19229 (86.88%) , with a carpet record of 5020 (71.43%). He has accumulated 103 titles in total (71 hard, 11 clay, 19 grass, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 224123 (64.55%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 20 times, with Roger Federer leading 137 (65.00%). The clay record between them sits at 30 (100.00% for Roger Federer) across 3 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 20 (100.00% for Roger Federer).

At the Grand Slam level — where the best-of-five format adds an extra layer of physical and mental endurance — the two have crossed paths 7 times, producing a Slam record of 5–2 in favour of Roger Federer. These matches, often played in front of the largest tennis audiences, frequently prove decisive in shaping the broader narrative of a rivalry.

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2018-03-05Indian Wells MastersHardF8🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (6)1🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)6-4 6-7(8) 7-6(2)31628162.6%75.0%67.4%3/4
2017-10-23BaselHardF2🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)19🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (4)6-7(5) 6-4 6-331517552.5%73.6%56.3%4/7
2017-10-09Shanghai MastersHardSF2🇨🇭Roger Federer (2)23🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (16)3-6 6-3 6-331177071.9%87.0%55.6%0/1
2017-08-28US OpenHardQF28🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (24)3🇨🇭Roger Federer (3)7-5 3-6 7-6(8) 6-4517012367.2%81.3%51.3%1/3
2017-03-20Miami MastersHardR326🇨🇭Roger Federer (4)34🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (29)6-3 6-43827058.3%82.9%60.0%5/5
2013-11-04Tour FinalsHardRR7🇨🇭Roger Federer (6)5🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (4)4-6 7-6(2) 7-5314710165.3%79.7%50.0%4/8
2013-10-28Paris MastersHardQF6🇨🇭Roger Federer (5)5🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (4)6-3 4-6 6-331046068.1%83.0%63.6%2/4
2013-10-21BaselHardF5🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (1)6🇨🇭Roger Federer (3)7-6(3) 2-6 6-431408459.3%77.8%48.6%3/6
2012-11-05Tour FinalsHardRR7🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (6)2🇨🇭Roger Federer (2)7-6(3) 4-6 6-331218060.5%80.8%73.5%3/4
2012-10-22BaselHardF8🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (2)1🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(3)316410455.9%87.1%61.2%5/5
2012-07-25London OlympicsGrassSF1🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)9🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (8)3-6 7-6(5) 19-173------0/0
2012-05-27Roland GarrosClayQF3🇨🇭Roger Federer (3)9🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (9)3-6 6-7(4) 6-2 6-0 6-3519411158.0%68.8%60.3%6/10
2012-03-08Indian Wells MastersHardQF3🇨🇭Roger Federer (3)9🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (9)6-3 6-237013056.5%80.0%59.3%3/3
2012-02-27DubaiHardSF3🇨🇭Roger Federer (2)10🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (8)7-6(5) 7-6(6)312011460.8%88.9%62.1%0/0
2012-02-13RotterdamHardF3🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)10🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (3)6-1 6-43865349.3%79.4%51.4%7/7
2012-01-16Australian OpenHardQF3🇨🇭Roger Federer (3)11🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (11)6-4 6-3 6-251194157.1%88.6%57.6%5/6
2011-08-14Cincinnati MastersHardR323🇨🇭Roger Federer (3)19🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro6-3 7-539212175.4%82.6%46.7%1/1
2009-11-22Tour FinalsHardRR5🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro1🇨🇭Roger Federer6-2 6-7(5) 6-3312711257.7%80.4%56.1%3/3
2009-08-31US OpenHardF6🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (6)1🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)3-6 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-252468665.5%72.3%55.9%17/22
2009-05-25Roland GarrosClaySF2🇨🇭Roger Federer (2)5🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (5)3-6 7-6(2) 2-6 6-1 6-452095164.8%72.8%52.0%8/13
2009-05-10Madrid MastersClaySF2🇨🇭Roger Federer (2)5🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (5)6-3 6-43818165.0%82.1%52.4%4/4
2009-01-19Australian OpenHardQF2🇨🇭Roger Federer (2)6🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (8)6-3 6-0 6-058012069.8%86.5%75.0%0/0
2008-10-12Madrid MastersHardQF2🇨🇭Roger Federer (2)9🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro (9)6-3 6-33863069.8%78.4%56.3%1/1
2007-10-22BaselHardR161🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)49🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro6-1 6-435810166.7%79.4%58.8%2/3
2007-06-25WimbledonGrassR641🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)56🇦🇷Juan Martin del Potro6-2 7-5 6-15935158.4%84.4%62.5%1/1

Wins

Juan Martin del Potro
Roger Federer
718Overall
25Grand Slam
17Masters 1000
23ATP 500
01ATP 250
21Tour Finals
01Olympics
713Hard
03Clay
02Grass

Sets Format

27.8%5
72.2%13
Bo3
28.6%2
71.4%5
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%8
2 Sets
38.5%5
61.5%8
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
33.3%1
66.7%2
5 Sets
Juan Martin del Potro
Roger Federer

Deciding

46.2%6
53.8%7
Decider Set
53.8%7
46.2%6
Tiebreak Wins
33.3%1
66.7%2
After 3 hours
Juan Martin del Potro
Roger Federer

Sets

33.8%25
66.2%49
All
35.7%10
64.3%18
Grand Slam
21.1%4
78.9%15
Masters 1000
35.7%20
64.3%36
Hard
16.7%1
83.3%5
Grass
33.3%4
66.7%8
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Juan Martin del Potro
Roger Federer

Games

44.3%338
55.7%425
All
42.0%111
58.0%153
Grand Slam
41.1%76
58.9%109
Masters 1000
44.6%253
55.4%314
Hard
43.5%37
56.5%48
Grass
43.2%48
56.8%63
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Juan Martin del Potro
Roger Federer

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Juan Martin del Potro
Roger Federer

By Tournament Level

Juan Martin del Potro
Roger Federer

By Round

Juan Martin del Potro
Roger Federer

By Opponent Ranking

Juan Martin del PotroRoger Federer
41.7%10-14
vs Top 1
33.3%10-20
34.8%31-58
vs Top 5
58.1%104-75
40.5%53-78
vs Top 10
64.6%224-123
51.7%107-100
vs Top 20
70.1%383-163
69.7%368-160
vs Top 100
80.8%1091-260
83.3%70-14
vs +100
91.3%158-15
53.4%126-110
vs Higher
49%77-80
83%312-64
vs Lower
85.7%1172-195

Opponent Breakdown

Juan Martin del PotroRoger Federer
79.8%99-25
Vs Younger
83.1%754-153
69.5%340-149
Vs Older
80.3%497-122
71.7%378-149
Vs Right-Handed
82.5%1119-238
70.9%61-25
Vs Left-Handed
78.1%132-37
71.9%312-122
Vs 2H Backhand
80.8%819-194
66.7%104-52
Vs 1H Backhand
85.1%319-56
70.8%396-163
Vs Shorter
86%504-82
78.6%22-6
Vs Taller
80.3%556-136

Pressure Situations