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Nicolas Kiefer #4 def. Wayne Ferreira #53

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2000*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Wayne Ferreira
Duration	1h 46m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Wayne Ferreira
Aces	7	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	47	48
First serve points won %	89	71
Second serve points won %	56	49
Break points saved %	67	55
Break points converted %	45	33
Service points won %	71	59
Return points won %	41	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Wayne Ferreira
Country	GER	RSA
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Sep 15, 1971
Age	22	28
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	53
Ranking points (entering)	2,184	705
Elo (entering)	1,942	1,771
Career W-L	343–252	483–314
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 1 – 1 Wayne Ferreira

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2000	R32	Karim Alami	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2000	R64	Tomas Behrend	7-6(5) 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2000	R128	Guillermo Canas	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2000	QF	Magnus Norman	6-3 3-6 1-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2000	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2000	R64	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-2 6-7(2) 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2000	R128	George Bastl	6-3 6-3 4-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data