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Jarkko Nieminen #77 def. Julien Benneteau #49

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 2012*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Julien Benneteau
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Julien Benneteau
Aces	4	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	80	70
First serve points won %	74	60
Second serve points won %	55	47
Break points saved %	0	33
Break points converted %	67	100
Service points won %	70	56
Return points won %	44	30
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Julien Benneteau
Country	FIN	FRA
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Dec 20, 1981
Age	30	30
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	77	49
Ranking points (entering)	666	900
Elo (entering)	1,880	1,919
Career W-L	357–334	269–292
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$9,556,742

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 5 – 0 Julien Benneteau

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2012	SF	Denis Istomin	7-6(12) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2012	QF	Bobby Reynolds	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2012	R16	Radek Stepanek	7-6(5) 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2012	R32	James Duckworth	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2012	Q3	Stephane Robert	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2012	Q2	Andre Begemann	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2012	Q1	Amer Delic	6-1 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2012	SF	Marcos Baghdatis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2012	QF	Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jan 13, 2012	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2012	R32	Andreas Seppi	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data