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Fabrice Santoro #34 def. Nicolas Kiefer #6

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 2000*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Fabrice Santoro
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	2	1
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	57	47
First serve points won %	63	70
Second serve points won %	62	38
Break points saved %	71	43
Break points converted %	57	29
Service points won %	63	53
Return points won %	47	37
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	FRA	GER
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Jul 5, 1977
Age	27	22
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	34	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,055	2,447
Elo (entering)	1,794	1,939
Career W-L	456–432	343–252
Career earnings	$10,013,832	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro 1 – 0 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2000	QF	George Bastl	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2000	R16	John Van Lottum	7-6(9) 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jan 6, 2000	R32	Lars Burgsmuller	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2000	F	Rainer Schuettler	3-6 7-5 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2000	QF	Sjeng Schalken	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2000	R16	Cristiano Caratti	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2000	R32	Jeff Tarango	7-6(6) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data