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Andreas Seppi #43 def. Nicolas Kiefer #41

6-3 5-7 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 17, 2008*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Andreas Seppi
Score	6-3 5-7 7-5
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	3h 13m

Stat	Andreas Seppi	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	1	8
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	61	44
First serve points won %	63	65
Second serve points won %	50	49
Break points saved %	71	54
Break points converted %	46	29
Service points won %	58	56
Return points won %	44	42
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andreas Seppi	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	ITA	GER
Birth date	Feb 21, 1984	Jul 5, 1977
Age	24	30
Height	191	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	43	41
Ranking points (entering)	763	785
Elo (entering)	1,796	1,872
Career W-L	363–397	343–252
Career earnings	$11,816,212	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Andreas Seppi 0 – 0 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Andreas Seppi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2008	R16	Juan Monaco	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2008	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2008	R64	Michael Berrer	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Andreas Seppi's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2008	SF	Roger Federer	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2008	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2008	R32	Stan Wawrinka	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2008	R64	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data