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Gael Monfils #30 def. Jarkko Nieminen #36

6-2 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 8, 2014*
Tournament	Montpellier
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Gael Monfils
Score	6-2 3-6 6-1
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	1h 19m

Stat	Gael Monfils	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	15	0
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	76	70
First serve points won %	80	58
Second serve points won %	44	57
Break points saved %	0	64
Break points converted %	36	100
Service points won %	72	58
Return points won %	42	28
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gael Monfils	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	FRA	FIN
Birth date	Sep 1, 1986	Jul 23, 1981
Age	27	32
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	30	36
Ranking points (entering)	1,245	1,090
Elo (entering)	2,019	1,802
Career W-L	569–356	357–334
Career earnings	$25,007,032	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Gael Monfils 3 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 2014	QF	Denis Istomin	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 2014	R16	Joao Sousa	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 2014	R32	Lukasz Kubot	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 2014	F	Richard Gasquet	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 2014	QF	Marc Gicquel	6-3 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 2014	R16	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	7-6(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 2014	R32	Aleksandr Nedovyesov	4-6 6-2 4-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data