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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Jarkko Nieminen #20

4-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 29, 2006*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	4-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	2h 18m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	1	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	70	63
First serve points won %	67	63
Second serve points won %	48	36
Break points saved %	56	54
Break points converted %	46	44
Service points won %	61	53
Return points won %	47	39
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	ESP	FIN
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 23, 1981
Age	19	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	20
Ranking points (entering)	4,335	1,425
Elo (entering)	2,189	1,844
Career W-L	1,045–225	357–334
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2006	R16	Ivan Navarro	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2006	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2006	SF	Nicolas Almagro	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2006	R16	Albert Portas	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2006	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data