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Roger Federer #1 def. Jarkko Nieminen #34

7-6(7) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 6, 2004*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(7) 6-2
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Roger Federer	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	3	0
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	57	65
First serve points won %	75	65
Second serve points won %	59	50
Break points saved %	75	62
Break points converted %	38	25
Service points won %	68	59
Return points won %	41	32
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	SUI	FIN
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jul 23, 1981
Age	22	22
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	34
Ranking points (entering)	4,930	960
Elo (entering)	2,165	1,807
Career W-L	1,206–267	357–334
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 4 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 2004	QF	Andrei Pavel	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 2004	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2004	R32	Marat Safin	7-6(2) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2004	F	Feliciano Lopez	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 2004	QF	Sjeng Schalken	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 2004	R16	Gregory Carraz	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2004	R32	David Nalbandian	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data