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Taylor Dent #54 def. Jarkko Nieminen #37

7-6(3) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 27, 2003*
Tournament	Bangkok
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Taylor Dent
Score	7-6(3) 6-2
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Taylor Dent	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	11	3
Double faults	9	2
First serve %	58	68
First serve points won %	83	62
Second serve points won %	43	30
Break points saved %	78	43
Break points converted %	57	22
Service points won %	67	52
Return points won %	48	33
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Taylor Dent	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	USA	FIN
Birth date	Apr 24, 1981	Jul 23, 1981
Age	22	22
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	54	37
Ranking points (entering)	663	980
Elo (entering)	1,799	1,808
Career W-L	148–138	357–334
Career earnings	$2,563,378	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Taylor Dent 0 – 1 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Taylor Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	QF	Nicolas Thomann	6-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2003	R16	Thierry Ascione	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2003	R32	Wesley Moodie	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Taylor Dent's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2003	F	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	QF	Carlos Moya	6-7(5) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2003	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2003	R32	Danai Udomchoke	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data