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Jarkko Nieminen #35 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #25

6-4 0-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	May 3, 2003*
Tournament	Munich
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	6-4 0-1 (ret.)
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	49m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	0	0
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	92	78
First serve points won %	47	52
Second serve points won %	100	29
Break points saved %	57	50
Break points converted %	50	43
Service points won %	51	47
Return points won %	53	49
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	FIN	RUS
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Feb 18, 1974
Age	21	29
Height	185	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	35	25
Ranking points (entering)	940	1,175
Elo (entering)	1,797	1,808
Career W-L	357–334	568–281
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 2 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2003	QF	Radek Stepanek	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2003	R16	Jean-Rene Lisnard	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2003	R32	Irakli Labadze	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2003	F	Roger Federer	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2003	QF	Sjeng Schalken	6-7(2) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2003	R16	Alexander Waske	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2003	R32	Olivier Rochus	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data