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Nicolas Kiefer #11 def. Richard Krajicek #8

7-6(9) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 16, 1999*
Tournament	Vienna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	7-6(9) 6-4
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	1h 52m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Richard Krajicek
Aces	5	15
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	54	60
First serve points won %	71	81
Second serve points won %	61	52
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	67	69
Return points won %	31	33
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Richard Krajicek
Country	GER	NED
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Dec 6, 1971
Age	22	27
Height	183	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	11	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,091	2,243
Elo (entering)	1,951	1,886
Career W-L	343–252	408–207
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 1 – 2 Richard Krajicek

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1999	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1999	R16	Jurgen Melzer	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1999	R32	Mariano Zabaleta	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1999	F	Greg Rusedski	7-6(5) 6-2 3-6 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1999	QF	Stefan Koubek	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1999	R16	Magnus Larsson	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1999	R32	George Bastl	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data