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Jarkko Nieminen #34 def. J. Varlet #163

1-6 1-6 7-6(4) 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 30, 2003*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	1-6 1-6 7-6(4) 6-2 6-4
Loser	J. Varlet
Duration	3h 12m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	J. Varlet
Aces	4	2
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	71	67
First serve points won %	62	61
Second serve points won %	40	57
Break points saved %	55	46
Break points converted %	54	45
Service points won %	55	60
Return points won %	40	45
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	J. Varlet
Country	FIN	FRA
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Sep 8, 1977
Age	21	25
Height	185	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	34	163
Ranking points (entering)	960	214
Elo (entering)	1,832	1,645
Career W-L	357–334	3–8
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$188,412

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 0 – 0 J. Varlet

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Nicolas Escude	7-6(3) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2003	R32	Victor Hanescu	6-7(1) 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Varlet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Kenneth Carlsen	6-1 4-6 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2003	Q3	Filippo Volandri	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2003	Q2	M. Hantschk	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2003	Q1	J. Giner	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data