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Jarkko Nieminen #29 def. Mario Ancic #21

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 2006*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Mario Ancic
Duration	1h 1m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Mario Ancic
Aces	0	1
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	69	62
First serve points won %	70	61
Second serve points won %	65	29
Break points saved %	100	20
Break points converted %	80	0
Service points won %	69	49
Return points won %	51	31
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Mario Ancic
Country	FIN	CRO
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Mar 30, 1984
Age	24	21
Height	185	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	29	21
Ranking points (entering)	1,070	1,360
Elo (entering)	1,847	1,839
Career W-L	357–334	193–124
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$4,024,686

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 1 – 0 Mario Ancic

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	SF	Olivier Rochus	6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	QF	Nicolas Massu	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2006	R16	Paul Goldstein	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006	R32	Marcos Baghdatis	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mario Ancic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	SF	Stan Wawrinka	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2006	R16	Andy Murray	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006	R32	Mark Nielsen	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data