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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Jarkko Nieminen #26

7-5 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 6-3 6-1
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	2h 18m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	5	2
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	60	69
First serve points won %	78	63
Second serve points won %	49	36
Break points saved %	88	33
Break points converted %	67	12
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	ESP	FIN
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 23, 1981
Age	21	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	26
Ranking points (entering)	5,780	1,075
Elo (entering)	2,155	1,887
Career W-L	1,045–225	357–334
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-4 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Gilles Simon	7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Florent Serra	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Viktor Troicki	7-6(3) 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2008	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2-6 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(9) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Mardy Fish	3-6 7-6(4) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Jesse Levine	6-2 7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Frank Dancevic	6-3 6-1 5-7 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data