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Paul-Henri Mathieu #35 def. Nicolas Kiefer #12

7-6(5) 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 8, 2006*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Score	7-6(5) 4-6 6-2
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	2h 36m

Stat	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	8	10
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	47	53
First serve points won %	71	67
Second serve points won %	56	63
Break points saved %	40	0
Break points converted %	100	60
Service points won %	63	65
Return points won %	35	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	FRA	GER
Birth date	Jan 12, 1982	Jul 5, 1977
Age	24	28
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	35	12
Ranking points (entering)	893	1,600
Elo (entering)	1,758	1,908
Career W-L	268–297	343–252
Career earnings	$6,299,093	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Paul-Henri Mathieu 0 – 1 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2006	R128	Andreas Seppi	2-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Mario Ancic	6-7(5) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

No prior matches in this tournament.