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Nicolas Kiefer #39 def. Andrew Ilie #55

6-3 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Feb 13, 1999*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	6-3 7-6(6)
Loser	Andrew Ilie
Duration	1h 45m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Andrew Ilie
Aces	9	4
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	58	49
First serve points won %	78	60
Second serve points won %	59	55
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	70	57
Return points won %	43	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Andrew Ilie
Country	GER	AUS
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Apr 18, 1976
Age	21	22
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	39	55
Ranking points (entering)	942	790
Elo (entering)	1,813	1,681
Career W-L	343–252	89–114
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$1,327,838

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 0 – 0 Andrew Ilie

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1999	QF	Francisco Clavet	7-6(7) 6-7(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1999	R16	Albert Costa	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 1999	R32	Nicolas Escude	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1999	F	Jerome Golmard	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Andrew Ilie's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1999	QF	Gustavo Kuerten	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1999	R16	Petr Korda	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 1999	R32	Alex Corretja	4-6 6-4 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data