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Jarkko Nieminen #34 def. Victor Hanescu #122

6-7(1) 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 2003*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	6-7(1) 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3
Loser	Victor Hanescu
Duration	3h 25m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Victor Hanescu
Aces	5	7
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	68	56
First serve points won %	61	64
Second serve points won %	43	41
Break points saved %	50	45
Break points converted %	55	50
Service points won %	55	54
Return points won %	46	45
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Victor Hanescu
Country	FIN	ROU
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Jul 21, 1981
Age	21	21
Height	185	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	34	122
Ranking points (entering)	960	317
Elo (entering)	1,844	1,643
Career W-L	357–334	186–226
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$4,330,340

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 0 – 0 Victor Hanescu

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2003	R64	Julien Varlet	1-6 1-6 7-6(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Nicolas Escude	7-6(3) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2003	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	3-6 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Victor Hanescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2003	R64	Sargis Sargsian	6-3 7-5 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Michael Llodra	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2003	Q3	Paul Baccanello	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2003	Q2	Mariano Albert Ferrando	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 26, 2003	Q1	Roko Karanusic	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data