Nicolas Kiefer #70 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #34

6-1 3-0 (ret.)

The match ended when Juan Ignacio Chela retired.

Nicolas Kiefer defeated Juan Ignacio Chela 6-1 3-0 RET after Juan Ignacio Chela retired in the 2003 Long Island quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 23, 2003*
Tournament: Long Island
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 49m

Match Statistics

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Juan Ignacio Chela
Aces	8	0
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	53	46
First serve points won %	95	69
Second serve points won %	39	16
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	68	40
Return points won %	60	32
Total points won %	64	36

Player Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	GER	ARG
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Aug 30, 1979
Age	26	23
Height	183 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	70	34
Ranking points (entering)	539	1,020
Elo (entering)	1,752	1,825
Current career W-L	347–255	307–270
Current career earnings	$7,480,465	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer #70 0 – 0 Juan Ignacio Chela #34

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Flavio Saretta #48	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 22, 2003	R16
Paul-Henri Mathieu #51	4-6 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 21, 2003	R32

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paradorn Srichaphan #11	0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 23, 2003	SF

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Olivier Rochus #50	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 22, 2003	R16
Fernando Gonzalez #15	4-6 7-6(8) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 21, 2003	R32