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Jarkko Nieminen #40 def. Novak Djokovic #3

6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2009*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	1h 40m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Novak Djokovic
Aces	2	2
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	65	77
First serve points won %	72	72
Second serve points won %	67	44
Break points saved %	100	80
Break points converted %	20	0
Service points won %	70	66
Return points won %	34	30
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Novak Djokovic
Country	FIN	SRB
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	May 22, 1987
Age	27	21
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	40	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,600	10,590
Elo (entering)	1,820	2,106
Career W-L	357–334	1,122–223
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 0 – 2 Novak Djokovic

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2009	R16	Chris Guccione	7-6(8) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2009	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-2 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2009	F	David Nalbandian	3-6 7-6(9) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	QF	Mario Ancic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2009	R16	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data