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Christophe Rochus #52 def. Jarkko Nieminen #26

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 25, 2006*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Christophe Rochus
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Christophe Rochus	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	4	7
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	78	70
First serve points won %	78	63
Second serve points won %	73	38
Break points saved %	0	70
Break points converted %	30	100
Service points won %	76	56
Return points won %	44	24
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Christophe Rochus	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	BEL	FIN
Birth date	Dec 15, 1978	Jul 23, 1981
Age	27	24
Height	170	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	52	26
Ranking points (entering)	716	1,230
Elo (entering)	1,591	1,859
Career W-L	114–208	357–334
Career earnings	$2,753,294	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Christophe Rochus 0 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Christophe Rochus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2006	QF	Arvind Parmar	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2006	R16	Taylor Dent	7-6(0) (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2006	R32	Jean-Rene Lisnard	3-6 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Christophe Rochus's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2006	F	Radek Stepanek	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2006	QF	Olivier Rochus	6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2006	R16	Gilles Simon	7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2006	R32	Mario Ancic	7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data