N.B All matches are scheduled to be played On Thursday 2nd July.
Key Stats
- 71% of the last 38 Wimbledon semi-finals have been won by the player that won the first set with 50% being won in straight sets.
- 63% of the 38 semis have contained a tie-break with six of these matches containing more than one tie-break.
- In the 24 semi-finals between two seeded players the higher seed has won the opening set 16 times but on seven of those 16 (44%) occasions they subsequently lost the second set.
- Three of the eight semi-finals where the lower seed has taken the first set have gone to five sets.
Roger Federer (Seed 2) v Tommy Haas (24)
- Federer’s tie-break record in 2009 is W17-L5 and in his Wimbledon career is W30-L9.
- Federer has won all 48 Wimbledon matches after winning the first set with 39 wins in straight sets.
- Federer has W2-L5 at Wimbledon after losing the first set.
- In his eight matches that have gone to a first-set tie-break Federer has W5-L3 in the second set and two of the eight have gone to a fifth set.
- Haas leads Federer in their head-to-head tie-break record 3-2.
- Haas’ tie-break record this year is 10-8 and in his Wimbledon career is W11-L9.
- Haas has lost in straight sets in only three of 17 Wimbledon matches after dropping the first set and won nine of the 17.
- Haas has won 12 of the 15 fourth sets he has played at Wimbledon.
- This is the first time Haas has played a top four seed at Wimbledon, he was sheduled to play Federer two years ago but withdrew.
Andy Roddick (6) v Andy Murray (3)
- Roddick’s Wimbledon tie-break record is W28-L12 and throughout 2009 is W24-L4.
- Roddick has won 30 of the 33 matches where he has won the opening set and lost five of the eight where he has lost the opening set.
- Roddick has won three of his four Wimbledon matches to go to a fifth set.
- Murray has won in straight sets in nine of the 13 Wimbledon matches he has won the opening set.
- Murray has won two of the four matches he has dropped the opening set with both his wins coming in five sets.