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Nicolas Kiefer #66 def. Roger Federer #10

4-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 15, 2002*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	4-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Roger Federer
Aces	5	11
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	52	53
First serve points won %	82	82
Second serve points won %	42	46
Break points saved %	25	20
Break points converted %	80	75
Service points won %	63	65
Return points won %	35	37
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Roger Federer
Country	GER	SUI
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Aug 8, 1981
Age	24	20
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	66	10
Ranking points (entering)	600	2,135
Elo (entering)	1,690	1,965
Career W-L	343–252	1,206–267
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 2 – 1 Roger Federer

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 2002	QF	Alexander Popp	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2002	R16	Pete Sampras	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2002	R32	Lars Burgsmuller	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 2002	F	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-2 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 2002	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2002	R16	David Prinosil	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2002	R32	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-7(5) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data