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Nicolas Kiefer #27 def. MaliVai Washington #238

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 18, 1998*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	MaliVai Washington
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	MaliVai Washington
Aces	5	2
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	51	55
First serve points won %	79	66
Second serve points won %	54	35
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	67	52
Return points won %	48	33
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	MaliVai Washington
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Jun 20, 1969
Age	20	28
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	27	238
Ranking points (entering)	1,386	164
Elo (entering)	1,806	1,709
Career W-L	343–252	249–191
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$3,232,565

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 1 – 1 MaliVai Washington

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1998	R32	Jonas Bjorkman	7-6(6) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

MaliVai Washington's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1998	R128	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data