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Roger Federer #5 def. Jarkko Nieminen #35

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 4, 2003*
Tournament	Munich
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	56m

Stat	Roger Federer	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	4	0
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	56	80
First serve points won %	75	49
Second serve points won %	55	33
Break points saved %	33	44
Break points converted %	56	67
Service points won %	66	46
Return points won %	54	34
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	SUI	FIN
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jul 23, 1981
Age	21	21
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	35
Ranking points (entering)	2,480	940
Elo (entering)	1,978	1,814
Career W-L	1,206–267	357–334
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 2 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2003	SF	Stefan Koubek	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2003	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2003	R16	Raemon Sluiter	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2003	R32	Zeljko Krajan	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2003	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 0-1 (ret.)	W	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