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Jarkko Nieminen #20 def. Julien Benneteau #43

6-2 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date Feb 17, 2007*
Tournament Marseille
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Jarkko Nieminen
Score6-2 1-6 6-3
Loser Julien Benneteau
Duration1h 41m
StatJarkko NieminenJulien Benneteau
Aces21
Double faults12
First serve %6773
First serve points won %6872
Second serve points won %6840
Break points saved %5040
Break points converted %6050
Service points won %6864
Return points won %3632
Total points won %5149

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJarkko NieminenJulien Benneteau
Country FIN FRA
Birth dateJul 23, 1981Dec 20, 1981
Age2525
Height185185
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2043
Ranking points (entering)1,320817
Elo (entering)1,7801,698
Career W-L357–334269–292
Career earnings$7,743,345$9,556,742
Pre-match H2H
Jarkko Nieminen 0 0 Julien Benneteau

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 16, 2007R16 Nicolas Mahut 6-4 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Feb 15, 2007R32 Jeremy Chardy 6-7(1) 7-6(4) 7-6(6)WH2HMatch data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 17, 2007SF Marcos Baghdatis 6-3 3-6 2-6LH2HMatch data

Julien Benneteau's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 16, 2007R16 David Ferrer 4-6 6-0 6-1WH2HMatch data
Feb 15, 2007R32 Florent Serra 2-6 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data