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Greg Rusedski #7 def. Nicolas Kiefer #11

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

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 1999*
Tournament	Vienna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	6-7(5) 2-6 6-3 7-5 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	3h 41m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	GBR	GER
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Jul 5, 1977
Age	26	22
Height	193	183
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	1,964
Career W-L	415–276	343–252
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 4 – 3 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

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

Greg Rusedski's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Nicolas Kiefer's path

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