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Nicolas Kiefer #26 def. Jonas Bjorkman #32

4-6 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 17, 1999*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	4-6 6-1 6-4
Loser	Jonas Bjorkman
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Jonas Bjorkman
Aces	4	3
Double faults	7	4
First serve %	47	63
First serve points won %	72	56
Second serve points won %	46	40
Break points saved %	67	29
Break points converted %	71	33
Service points won %	59	50
Return points won %	50	41
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Jonas Bjorkman
Country	GER	SWE
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Mar 23, 1972
Age	21	27
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	32
Ranking points (entering)	1,199	1,109
Elo (entering)	1,878	1,845
Career W-L	343–252	395–341
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$14,610,671

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 2 – 2 Jonas Bjorkman

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1999	QF	Thomas Enqvist	6-7(5) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 1999	R16	Michael Sell	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 1999	R32	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1999	F	Wayne Ferreira	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1999	QF	Richard Krajicek	3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 1999	R16	Jens Knippschild	6-7(4) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 1999	R32	Laurence Tieleman	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data