Roger Federer #6 def. Jarkko Nieminen #35

6-3 6-3

Roger Federer defeated Jarkko Nieminen 6-3 6-3 in the 2003 Marseille round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 14, 2003*
Tournament: Marseille
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 1h 7m

Match Statistics

Stat	Roger Federer	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	10	3
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	59	69
First serve points won %	72	61
Second serve points won %	56	41
Break points saved %	91	56
Break points converted %	44	9
Service points won %	65	55
Return points won %	45	35
Total points won %	56	44

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	SUI	FIN
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jul 23, 1981
Age	21	21
Height	185 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	35
Ranking points (entering)	2,415	1,005
Elo (entering)	1,905	1,772
Current career W-L	1,219–272	363–339
Current career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer #6 1 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen #35

Path

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivan Ljubicic #52	7-6(3) (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 2003	R32

Roger Federer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Raemon Sluiter #78	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 2003	QF

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Radek Stepanek #55	6-2 4-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 2003	R32