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Jarkko Nieminen #77 def. Radek Stepanek #31

7-6(5) 5-7 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 13, 2012*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	7-6(5) 5-7 6-1
Loser	Radek Stepanek
Duration	2h 24m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Radek Stepanek
Aces	4	1
Double faults	7	2
First serve %	74	69
First serve points won %	59	52
Second serve points won %	42	47
Break points saved %	40	43
Break points converted %	57	60
Service points won %	54	50
Return points won %	50	46
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Radek Stepanek
Country	FIN	CZE
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Nov 27, 1978
Age	30	33
Height	185	186
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	77	31
Ranking points (entering)	666	1,230
Elo (entering)	1,843	1,897
Career W-L	357–334	366–283
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$11,343,464

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 2 – 5 Radek Stepanek

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2012	R32	James Duckworth	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2012	Q3	Stephane Robert	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2012	Q2	Andre Begemann	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2012	Q1	Amer Delic	6-1 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2012	QF	Bobby Reynolds	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Radek Stepanek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2012	R32	Xavier Malisse	6-7(4) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data