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Roger Federer #5 def. Nicolas Kiefer #73

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 15, 2003*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	1h 9m

Stat	Roger Federer	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	3	3
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	58	54
First serve points won %	88	56
Second serve points won %	63	43
Break points saved %	—	20
Break points converted %	80	—
Service points won %	78	50
Return points won %	50	22
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	SUI	GER
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jul 5, 1977
Age	21	25
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	73
Ranking points (entering)	2,465	586
Elo (entering)	1,971	1,729
Career W-L	1,206–267	343–252
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 1 – 3 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2003	SF	Mikhail Youzhny	4-6 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2003	QF	Younes El Aynaoui	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2003	R16	Fernando Vicente	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2003	R32	Sargis Sargsian	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2003	SF	Arnaud Clement	4-6 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2003	QF	Radek Stepanek	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2003	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-1 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2003	R32	Olivier Rochus	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data