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Nicolas Kiefer #13 def. Tim Henman #10

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 7, 2000*
Tournament	Hong Kong
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Tim Henman
Aces	6	5
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	53	44
First serve points won %	83	70
Second serve points won %	62	40
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	73	53
Return points won %	47	27
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Tim Henman
Country	GER	GBR
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Sep 6, 1974
Age	23	26
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	13	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,580	1,797
Elo (entering)	1,890	1,911
Career W-L	343–252	468–260
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 1 – 2 Tim Henman

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2000	QF	Nicolas Lapentti	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2000	R16	Jason Stoltenberg	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2000	R32	George Bastl	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2000	F	Mark Philippoussis	7-6(4) 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2000	QF	Michael Chang	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2000	R16	Mariano Zabaleta	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2000	R32	Harel Levy	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data