Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

James Blake #8 def. Jarkko Nieminen #19

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 15, 2006*
Tournament	Stockholm
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	56m

Stat	James Blake	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	4	3
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	47	69
First serve points won %	100	65
Second serve points won %	50	39
Break points saved %	0	33
Break points converted %	67	100
Service points won %	73	57
Return points won %	43	27
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	USA	FIN
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Jul 23, 1981
Age	26	25
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	19
Ranking points (entering)	2,240	1,315
Elo (entering)	2,004	1,828
Career W-L	345–235	357–334
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 3 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2006	SF	Robin Soderling	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2006	QF	Olivier Rochus	6-7(3) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2006	R16	Simon Greul	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2006	R32	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2006	SF	Joachim Johansson	7-6(8) 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2006	QF	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2006	R16	Marc Gicquel	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2006	R32	Michael Llodra	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data