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Roger Federer #13 def. Jarkko Nieminen #35

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date Oct 4, 2002*
Tournament Moscow
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundR16
Winner Roger Federer
Score6-1 6-4
Loser Jarkko Nieminen
Duration51m
StatRoger FedererJarkko Nieminen
Aces32
Double faults31
First serve %4957
First serve points won %9662
Second serve points won %4867
Break points saved %10050
Break points converted %500
Service points won %7264
Return points won %3628
Total points won %5644

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRoger FedererJarkko Nieminen
Country SUI FIN
Birth dateAug 8, 1981Jul 23, 1981
Age2121
Height185185
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1335
Ranking points (entering)1,925931
Elo (entering)1,8301,720
Career W-L1,206–267357–334
Career earnings$130,594,339$7,743,345
Pre-match H2H
Roger Federer 0 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Roger Federer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 3, 2002R32 Denis Golovanov 6-0 6-1WH2HMatch data

Roger Federer's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 5, 2002QF Marat Safin 5-7 4-6LH2HMatch data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 3, 2002R32 Marcelo Rios 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(4)WH2HMatch data