Jarkko Nieminen def. Sjeng Schalken, 2004 Dubai Tennis Championships Quarterfinal

Match Information

Date: Mar 6, 2004*
Tournament: Dubai Tennis Championships
Edition: 2004
Category: International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 22m

Match Statistics

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	1	2
Double faults	5	0
First serve %	73.0%	73.0%
First serve points won %	77.0%	58.0%
Second serve points won %	38.0%	56.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	40.0%
Break points converted %	60.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	67.0%	58.0%
Return points won %	42.0%	33.0%
Total points won %	55.0%	45.0%
Match Serve+	+3.6	-5.4
Match Return+	+5.4	-3.6

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2004 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Sjeng Schalken
Country	FIN	NED
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Sep 8, 1976
Age	22	27
Height	185 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	34	15
Ranking points (entering)	960	1,560
Elo (entering)	1,790	1,840
Current career W-L	363–339	280–254
Current career earnings	$7,743,345	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen #34 0 – 1 Sjeng Schalken #15

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Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gregory Carraz #54	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 2004	R16
David Nalbandian #8	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 4, 2004	R32

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Federer #1	6-7(7) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 6, 2004	SF

Sjeng Schalken's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fabrice Santoro #73	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 2004	R16
Sargis Sargsian #43	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 4, 2004	R32