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Richard Krajicek #9 def. Nicolas Kiefer #35

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 26, 1999*
Tournament	London
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	1h 10m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	13	5
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	60	55
First serve points won %	94	86
Second serve points won %	55	43
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	78	67
Return points won %	33	22
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	NED	GER
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Jul 5, 1977
Age	27	21
Height	196	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	35
Ranking points (entering)	2,386	1,073
Elo (entering)	1,938	1,809
Career W-L	408–207	343–252
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 1 – 0 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1999	R32	Jeff Tarango	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1999	QF	Karol Kucera	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1999	R32	Cedric Pioline	5-7 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data