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Nicolas Kiefer #23 def. Richard Krajicek #5

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 13, 1999*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	1h 4m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Richard Krajicek
Aces	5	4
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	63	69
First serve points won %	76	55
Second serve points won %	45	43
Break points saved %	89	33
Break points converted %	67	11
Service points won %	64	51
Return points won %	49	36
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Richard Krajicek
Country	GER	NED
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Dec 6, 1971
Age	21	27
Height	183	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	23	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,459	2,958
Elo (entering)	1,921	1,981
Career W-L	343–252	408–207
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 0 – 2 Richard Krajicek

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Thomas Enqvist	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Nicolas Lapentti	6-3 6-7(3) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-0 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data