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Jarkko Nieminen #27 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #43

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 2008*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Duration	1h 4m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Aces	3	5
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	76	60
First serve points won %	81	80
Second serve points won %	38	30
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	71	60
Return points won %	40	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	FIN	FRA
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Apr 17, 1985
Age	26	22
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	43
Ranking points (entering)	995	714
Elo (entering)	1,840	1,813
Career W-L	357–334	445–228
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 0 – 0 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2008	QF	Vincent Spadea	7-6(5) 6-7(7) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2008	R16	Frank Dancevic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2008	R32	Ivo Klec	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2008	F	Michael Llodra	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2008	QF	Lleyton Hewitt	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2008	R16	Ernests Gulbis	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2008	R32	Victor Hanescu	6-3 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data