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Nicolas Kiefer #25 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #51

7-6(4) 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	7-6(4) 6-3 6-3
Loser	Juan Ignacio Chela
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Juan Ignacio Chela
Aces	5	2
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	46	57
First serve points won %	84	63
Second serve points won %	51	52
Break points saved %	78	29
Break points converted %	71	22
Service points won %	66	59
Return points won %	41	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	GER	ARG
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Aug 30, 1979
Age	28	26
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	51
Ranking points (entering)	1,215	695
Elo (entering)	1,900	1,755
Career W-L	343–252	306–268
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 1 – 0 Juan Ignacio Chela

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-3 6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Boris Pashanski	4-6 6-1 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-7(5) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2006	QF	Sebastien Grosjean	6-3 0-6 6-4 6-7(1) 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Kristof Vliegen	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Lleyton Hewitt	6-4 6-4 6-7(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Andy Murray	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data