R64 Australian Open 2003

Jarkko Nieminen #41 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #27

6-3 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-1

Jarkko Nieminen defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-3 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-1 in the 2003 Australian Open round of 64 on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatJarkko NieminenYevgeny Kafelnikov
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
111
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
28
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
68.5%56.5%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
71.8%68.1%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
48.7%40.0%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
61.5%46.7%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
64.5%55.9%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
53.3%38.5%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
44.1%35.5%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.0%47.0%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+2.0-6.6
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+6.6-2.0

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2003 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldJarkko NieminenYevgeny Kafelnikov
Country FIN RUS
Birth dateJul 23, 1981Feb 18, 1974
Age2128
Height185 cm190 cm
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)4127
Ranking points (entering)8751,190
Elo (entering)1,7241,795
Current career W-L363–339574–281
Current career earnings$7,743,345$23,883,797
Pre-match H2H

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Nikolay Davydenko #616-3 3-6 3-6 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 15, 2003R128

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Guillermo Coria #455-7 2-6 2-6LH2HMatch dataJan 19, 2003R32

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jeff Morrison #997-6(5) 6-3 4-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 15, 2003R128