Juan Martin del Potro def. Jarkko Nieminen, 2008 Japan Open Third Round

Match Information

Date: Oct 3, 2008*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 2008
Category: International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 1h 8m

Match Statistics

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	8	0
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	63.0%	54.0%
First serve points won %	84.0%	42.0%
Second serve points won %	32.0%	50.0%
Break points saved %	75.0%	38.0%
Break points converted %	62.0%	25.0%
Service points won %	64.0%	46.0%
Return points won %	54.0%	36.0%
Total points won %	60.0%	40.0%
Match Serve+	+1.2	-17.4
Match Return+	+17.4	-1.2

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2008 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	ARG	FIN
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Jul 23, 1981
Age	20	27
Height	198 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	33
Ranking points (entering)	1,518	975
Elo (entering)	1,993	1,720
Current career W-L	426–174	363–339
Current career earnings	$25,896,046	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro #12 0 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen #33

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Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dudi Sela #66	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 2008	R32

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
David Ferrer #5	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2008	QF

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cecil Mamiit #420	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 2008	R32