Greg Rusedski #7 def. Nicolas Kiefer #11

6-7(5) 2-6 6-3 7-5 6-4

Greg Rusedski defeated Nicolas Kiefer 6-7(5) 2-6 6-3 7-5 6-4 in the 1999 Vienna Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 17, 1999*
Tournament: Vienna Open
Edition: 1999
Category: ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 3h 41m

Match Statistics

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	31	4
Double faults	8	6
First serve %	57	62
First serve points won %	81	65
Second serve points won %	50	54
Break points saved %	43	77
Break points converted %	23	57
Service points won %	68	61
Return points won %	39	32
Total points won %	52	48

Player Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	GBR	GER
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Jul 5, 1977
Age	26	22
Height	193 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	11
Ranking points (entering)	2,278	2,091
Elo (entering)	1,967	1,965
Current career W-L	417–278	347–255
Current career earnings	$8,944,841	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski #7 3 – 3 Nicolas Kiefer #11

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Federer #93	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1999	SF
Sebastien Grosjean #30	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1999	QF
Andrei Medvedev #33	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1999	R16
Thomas Johansson #26	4-6 6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1999	R32

Greg Rusedski's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Richard Krajicek #8	7-6(9) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1999	SF
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #2	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1999	QF
Jurgen Melzer #635	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1999	R16
Mariano Zabaleta #27	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1999	R32