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Tim Henman #6 def. Nicolas Kiefer #20

6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 6-7(4) 3-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2004*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 6-7(4) 3-0 (ret.)
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	3h 45m

Stat	Tim Henman	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	13	14
Double faults	6	7
First serve %	65	54
First serve points won %	77	72
Second serve points won %	48	39
Break points saved %	70	68
Break points converted %	32	30
Service points won %	67	57
Return points won %	43	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	GBR	GER
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Jul 5, 1977
Age	30	27
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	20
Ranking points (entering)	2,380	1,235
Elo (entering)	1,950	1,919
Career W-L	468–260	343–252
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 5 – 2 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2004	R32	Michal Tabara	4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2004	R64	Jerome Golmard	6-2 6-4 4-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2004	R128	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(3) 6-7(7) 4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2004	QF	Dominik Hrbaty	6-1 7-5 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2004	R32	Thomas Johansson	6-4 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2004	R64	Cyril Saulnier	7-6(0) 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2004	R128	Nicolas Mahut	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data