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Roger Federer #6 def. Jarkko Nieminen #35

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date Feb 14, 2003*
Tournament Marseille
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Roger Federer
Score6-3 6-3
Loser Jarkko Nieminen
Duration1h 7m
StatRoger FedererJarkko Nieminen
Aces103
Double faults20
First serve %5969
First serve points won %7261
Second serve points won %5641
Break points saved %9156
Break points converted %449
Service points won %6555
Return points won %4535
Total points won %5644

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRoger FedererJarkko Nieminen
Country SUI FIN
Birth dateAug 8, 1981Jul 23, 1981
Age2121
Height185185
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)635
Ranking points (entering)2,4151,005
Elo (entering)1,9051,772
Career W-L1,206–267357–334
Career earnings$130,594,339$7,743,345
Pre-match H2H
Roger Federer 1 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Roger Federer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 13, 2003R32 Ivan Ljubicic 7-6(3) (ret.)WH2HMatch data

Roger Federer's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 15, 2003QF Raemon Sluiter 6-4 4-6 6-4WH2HMatch data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 13, 2003R32 Radek Stepanek 6-2 4-6 7-6(1)WH2HMatch data