SF Montpellier Open 2014

Gael Monfils #30 def. Jarkko Nieminen #36

6-2 3-6 6-1

Gael Monfils defeated Jarkko Nieminen 6-2 3-6 6-1 in the 2014 Montpellier Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 8, 2014*
Tournament: Montpellier Open
Edition: 2014
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 19m

Match Statistics

Stat	Gael Monfils	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	15	0
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	76.0%	70.0%
First serve points won %	80.0%	58.0%
Second serve points won %	44.0%	57.0%
Break points saved %	0.0%	64.0%
Break points converted %	36.0%	100.0%
Service points won %	72.0%	58.0%
Return points won %	42.0%	28.0%
Total points won %	56.0%	44.0%
Match Serve+	+7.8	-6.0
Match Return+	+6.0	-7.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2014 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Gael Monfils	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	FRA	FIN
Birth date	Sep 1, 1986	Jul 23, 1981
Age	27	32
Height	193 cm	185 cm
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	1,806
Current career W-L	577–363	363–339
Current career earnings	$25,067,477	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Gael Monfils #30 3 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen #36

Path

Gael Monfils's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Denis Istomin #43	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 8, 2014	QF
Joao Sousa #50	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 7, 2014	R16
Lukasz Kubot #75	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 6, 2014	R32

Gael Monfils's next match

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

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marc Gicquel #127	6-3 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 8, 2014	QF
Pierre-Hugues Herbert #160	7-6(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 7, 2014	R16
Aleksandr Nedovyesov #95	4-6 6-2 4-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 6, 2014	R32