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Nicolas Kiefer #25 def. Sebastien Grosjean #28

6-3 0-6 6-4 6-7(1) 8-6

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	6-3 0-6 6-4 6-7(1) 8-6
Loser	Sebastien Grosjean
Duration	4h 48m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Sebastien Grosjean
Aces	4	12
Double faults	9	2
First serve %	45	51
First serve points won %	62	64
Second serve points won %	51	53
Break points saved %	31	44
Break points converted %	56	69
Service points won %	56	59
Return points won %	41	44
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Sebastien Grosjean
Country	GER	FRA
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	May 29, 1978
Age	28	27
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	28
Ranking points (entering)	1,215	1,080
Elo (entering)	1,914	1,873
Career W-L	343–252	320–236
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$8,131,803

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 2 – 3 Sebastien Grosjean

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2006	R16	Juan Ignacio Chela	7-6(4) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-3 6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Boris Pashanski	4-6 6-1 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-7(5) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2006	SF	Roger Federer	3-6 7-5 0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sebastien Grosjean's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2006	R16	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Guillermo Coria	6-2 6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Juan Monaco	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data