Head to head
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Hard
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Clay
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Roger Federer's wins on the left · Potito Starace's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (7)
| 2013 | Rome Masters | Clay | R32 | Roger Federer | 6-1 6-2 |
| 2011 | Basel | Hard | R32 | Roger Federer | 7-6(3) 6-4 |
| 2009 | Davis Cup WG PO: ITA vs SUI | Clay | RR | Roger Federer | 6-3 6-0 6-4 |
| 2009 | Doha | Hard | R32 | Roger Federer | 6-2 6-2 |
| 2007 | Roland Garros | Clay | R32 | Roger Federer | 6-2 6-3 6-0 |
| 2006 | Rome Masters | Clay | R32 | Roger Federer | 6-3 7-6(2) |
| 2004 | Gstaad | Clay | SF | Roger Federer | 6-3 3-6 6-3 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.