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Jarkko Nieminen #29 def. Marcos Baghdatis #24

7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 27, 2007*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	7-6(4) 6-2
Loser	Marcos Baghdatis
Duration	1h 14m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Marcos Baghdatis
Aces	4	9
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	78	54
First serve points won %	79	79
Second serve points won %	83	50
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	80	66
Return points won %	34	20
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Marcos Baghdatis
Country	FIN	CYP
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Jun 17, 1985
Age	26	22
Height	185	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	29	24
Ranking points (entering)	935	1,325
Elo (entering)	1,784	1,907
Career W-L	357–334	324–272
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$8,918,917

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 1 – 2 Marcos Baghdatis

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2007	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2007	R16	Guillermo Canas	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2007	R32	Robby Ginepri	3-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2007	F	Roger Federer	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marcos Baghdatis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2007	QF	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2007	R16	Agustin Calleri	6-7(1) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2007	R32	Albert Montanes	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data