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Jarkko Nieminen #26 def. Philipp Kohlschreiber #27

3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(9) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(9) 6-3
Loser	Philipp Kohlschreiber
Duration	3h 31m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Philipp Kohlschreiber
Aces	4	9
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	62	53
First serve points won %	62	68
Second serve points won %	45	44
Break points saved %	68	50
Break points converted %	50	32
Service points won %	56	57
Return points won %	43	44
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Philipp Kohlschreiber
Country	FIN	GER
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Oct 16, 1983
Age	26	24
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	26	27
Ranking points (entering)	1,075	1,075
Elo (entering)	1,860	1,904
Career W-L	357–334	444–372
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$13,758,395

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 4 – 2 Philipp Kohlschreiber

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Mardy Fish	3-6 7-6(4) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Jesse Levine	6-2 7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Frank Dancevic	6-3 6-1 5-7 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	Rafael Nadal	5-7 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Philipp Kohlschreiber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Andy Roddick	6-4 3-6 7-6(9) 6-7(3) 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Evgeny Korolev	6-4 6-2 0-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Roko Karanusic	6-4 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data