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Nicolas Lapentti #32 def. Nicolas Kiefer #23

3-6 7-6(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 15, 1999*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Nicolas Lapentti
Score	3-6 7-6(3) 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	2h 33m

Stat	Nicolas Lapentti	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	6	11
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	63	55
First serve points won %	72	63
Second serve points won %	49	57
Break points saved %	40	64
Break points converted %	36	60
Service points won %	63	61
Return points won %	39	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Lapentti	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	ECU	GER
Birth date	Aug 13, 1976	Jul 5, 1977
Age	22	21
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	32	23
Ranking points (entering)	1,134	1,459
Elo (entering)	1,799	1,940
Career W-L	282–280	343–252
Career earnings	$6,315,143	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Lapentti 0 – 0 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Greg Rusedski	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Albert Portas	6-7(5) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	QF	Patrick Rafter	6-4 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Richard Krajicek	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Thomas Enqvist	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data