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Juan Ignacio Chela #33 def. Jarkko Nieminen #38

6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 19, 2003*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Juan Ignacio Chela
Score	6-1 6-1
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	59m

Stat	Juan Ignacio Chela	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	4	0
Double faults	6	1
First serve %	43	74
First serve points won %	78	38
Second serve points won %	67	40
Break points saved %	100	38
Break points converted %	62	0
Service points won %	71	38
Return points won %	62	29
Total points won %	67	33

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Ignacio Chela	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	ARG	FIN
Birth date	Aug 30, 1979	Jul 23, 1981
Age	23	21
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	33	38
Ranking points (entering)	975	890
Elo (entering)	1,790	1,768
Career W-L	306–268	357–334
Career earnings	$6,572,494	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Juan Ignacio Chela 1 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2003	R32	Jiri Novak	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2003	R64	Agustin Calleri	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Ignacio Chela's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2003	QF	Guillermo Coria	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2003	R32	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2003	R64	Taylor Dent	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data