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Jarkko Nieminen #34 def. Sjeng Schalken #15

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 6, 2004*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Sjeng Schalken
Duration	1h 22m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	1	2
Double faults	5	0
First serve %	73	73
First serve points won %	77	58
Second serve points won %	38	56
Break points saved %	100	40
Break points converted %	60	0
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Sjeng Schalken
Country	FIN	NED
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Sep 8, 1976
Age	22	27
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	34	15
Ranking points (entering)	960	1,560
Elo (entering)	1,789	1,843
Career W-L	357–334	280–254
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 0 – 1 Sjeng Schalken

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 2004	R16	Gregory Carraz	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2004	R32	David Nalbandian	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 2004	SF	Roger Federer	6-7(7) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 2004	R16	Fabrice Santoro	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2004	R32	Sargis Sargsian	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data