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Tim Henman #8 def. Nicolas Kiefer #26

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date Aug 11, 2001*
Tournament Cincinnati Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Tim Henman
Score7-5 6-3
Loser Nicolas Kiefer
Duration1h 53m
StatTim HenmanNicolas Kiefer
Aces62
Double faults58
First serve %5938
First serve points won %7383
Second serve points won %5035
Break points saved %7567
Break points converted %3325
Service points won %6453
Return points won %4736
Total points won %5545

Pre-match Comparison

FieldTim HenmanNicolas Kiefer
Country GBR GER
Birth dateSep 6, 1974Jul 5, 1977
Age2624
Height185183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)826
Ranking points (entering)2,3251,170
Elo (entering)1,9031,863
Career W-L468–260343–252
Career earnings$11,635,542$7,480,465
Pre-match H2H
Tim Henman 2 2 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Tim Henman's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 9, 2001R32 Hyung-Taik Lee 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 8, 2001R64 Michal Tabara 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data

Tim Henman's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 12, 2001QF Jan-Michael Gambill 4-6 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 9, 2001R32 Todd Martin 6-1 4-6 6-2WH2HMatch data
Aug 8, 2001R64 Thomas Enqvist 6-4 6-0WH2HMatch data