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Jarkko Nieminen #57 def. Fernando Verdasco #48

6-2 7-6(6) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 2005*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	6-2 7-6(6) 6-3
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	1h 49m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	1	8
Double faults	0	8
First serve %	66	72
First serve points won %	71	67
Second serve points won %	68	46
Break points saved %	100	62
Break points converted %	38	0
Service points won %	70	61
Return points won %	39	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Fernando Verdasco
Country	FIN	ESP
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Nov 15, 1983
Age	24	21
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	57	48
Ranking points (entering)	667	770
Elo (entering)	1,812	1,859
Career W-L	357–334	549–441
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 1 – 0 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Max Mirnyi	6-3 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Bjorn Phau	6-2 6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Karol Beck	6-4 2-6 7-5 0-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2005	QF	Lleyton Hewitt	6-2 1-6 6-3 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Novak Djokovic	6-1 4-6 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Paul Capdeville	6-4 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Tim Henman	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data