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Marcos Baghdatis #17 def. Jarkko Nieminen #20

3-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 17, 2007*
Tournament	Marseille
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Marcos Baghdatis
Score	3-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	1h 47m

Stat	Marcos Baghdatis	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	7	4
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	43	58
First serve points won %	59	65
Second serve points won %	52	37
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	55	54
Return points won %	46	45
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcos Baghdatis	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	CYP	FIN
Birth date	Jun 17, 1985	Jul 23, 1981
Age	21	25
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	20
Ranking points (entering)	1,365	1,320
Elo (entering)	1,898	1,792
Career W-L	324–272	357–334
Career earnings	$8,918,917	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Marcos Baghdatis 0 – 1 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Marcos Baghdatis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2007	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	2-6 7-6(7) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2007	R16	Cyril Saulnier	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2007	R32	Janko Tipsarevic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marcos Baghdatis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2007	F	Gilles Simon	4-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2007	QF	Julien Benneteau	6-2 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2007	R16	Nicolas Mahut	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2007	R32	Jeremy Chardy	6-7(1) 7-6(4) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data