Nicolas Kiefer #26 def. Wayne Ferreira #28

7-6(5) 7-5

Nicolas Kiefer defeated Wayne Ferreira 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 1999 Japan Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 18, 1999*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 1999
Category: ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 1h 44m

Match Statistics

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Wayne Ferreira
Aces	6	5
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	51	60
First serve points won %	79	73
Second serve points won %	51	52
Break points saved %	33	57
Break points converted %	43	67
Service points won %	66	64
Return points won %	36	34
Total points won %	51	49

Player Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Wayne Ferreira
Country	GER	RSA
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Sep 15, 1971
Age	21	27
Height	183 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	28
Ranking points (entering)	1,199	1,161
Elo (entering)	1,893	1,820
Current career W-L	347–255	487–317
Current career earnings	$7,480,465	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer #26 0 – 1 Wayne Ferreira #28

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jonas Bjorkman #32	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1999	SF
Thomas Enqvist #16	6-7(5) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1999	QF
Michael Sell #259	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1999	R16
Paradorn Srichaphan #268	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 15, 1999	R32

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Wayne Ferreira's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Thomas Johansson #20	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1999	SF
Kenneth Carlsen #127	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1999	QF
Lars Burgsmuller #156	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1999	R16
Dennis van Scheppingen #145	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 15, 1999	R32