QF Australian Open 2008

Rafael Nadal #2 def. Jarkko Nieminen #26

7-5 6-3 6-1

Rafael Nadal defeated Jarkko Nieminen 7-5 6-3 6-1 in the 2008 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 24, 2008*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2008
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 2h 18m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	5	2
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	60.0%	69.0%
First serve points won %	78.0%	63.0%
Second serve points won %	49.0%	36.0%
Break points saved %	88.0%	33.0%
Break points converted %	67.0%	12.0%
Service points won %	66.0%	55.0%
Return points won %	45.0%	34.0%
Total points won %	56.0%	44.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	ESP	FIN
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 23, 1981
Age	21	26
Height	185 cm	185 cm
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)	2,156	1,887
Current career W-L	1,056–228	363–339
Current career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #2 3 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen #26

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paul-Henri Mathieu #25	6-4 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2008	R16
Gilles Simon #33	7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2008	R32
Florent Serra #88	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2008	R64
Viktor Troicki #126	7-6(3) 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2008	R128

Rafael Nadal's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #38	2-6 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 2008	SF

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Philipp Kohlschreiber #27	3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(9) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2008	R16
Mardy Fish #43	3-6 7-6(4) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2008	R32
Jesse Levine #170	6-2 7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2008	R64
Frank Dancevic #74	6-3 6-1 5-7 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2008	R128