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David Nalbandian #11 def. Jarkko Nieminen #40

6-3 6-7(9) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 2009*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	6-3 6-7(9) 6-2
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	6	2
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	55	73
First serve points won %	75	65
Second serve points won %	45	33
Break points saved %	78	55
Break points converted %	45	22
Service points won %	62	56
Return points won %	44	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	ARG	FIN
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Jul 23, 1981
Age	27	27
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	40
Ranking points (entering)	3,450	1,600
Elo (entering)	2,044	1,847
Career W-L	356–185	357–334
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 6 – 4 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	SF	Richard Gasquet	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	QF	Lleyton Hewitt	7-6(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2009	R16	Michael Llodra	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2009	R16	Chris Guccione	7-6(8) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2009	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-2 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data