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Nicolas Kiefer #26 def. Wayne Ferreira #28

7-6(5) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 1999*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	7-6(5) 7-5
Loser	Wayne Ferreira
Duration	1h 44m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Wayne Ferreira
Country	GER	RSA
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Sep 15, 1971
Age	21	27
Height	183	185
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)	1,892	1,819
Career W-L	343–252	483–314
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 0 – 1 Wayne Ferreira

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1999	SF	Jonas Bjorkman	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Wayne Ferreira's path

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