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Wesley Moodie #98 def. Jarkko Nieminen #35

4-6 6-1 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Oct 8, 2005*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Wesley Moodie
Score	4-6 6-1 7-6(4)
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Wesley Moodie	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	17	2
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	65	71
First serve points won %	78	63
Second serve points won %	42	48
Break points saved %	71	77
Break points converted %	23	29
Service points won %	65	59
Return points won %	41	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Wesley Moodie	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	RSA	FIN
Birth date	Feb 14, 1979	Jul 23, 1981
Age	26	24
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	98	35
Ranking points (entering)	419	912
Elo (entering)	1,701	1,881
Career W-L	47–65	357–334
Career earnings	$2,455,112	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Wesley Moodie 0 – 1 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Wesley Moodie's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2005	QF	Radek Stepanek	7-6(2) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2005	R16	Luis Horna	7-6(4) 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2005	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2005	R64	Jimmy Wang	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Wesley Moodie's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2005	F	Mario Ancic	1-6 7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2005	QF	Taylor Dent	6-4 5-7 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2005	R16	Paradorn Srichaphan	2-6 7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2005	R32	Rainer Schuettler	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data