R16 Stuttgart Open 2005

Jarkko Nieminen #66 def. Jiri Novak #23

2-6 6-2 7-6(8)

Jarkko Nieminen defeated Jiri Novak 2-6 6-2 7-6(8) in the 2005 Stuttgart Open round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatJarkko NieminenJiri Novak
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
27
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
16
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
60.0%63.8%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
66.7%65.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
38.9%41.2%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
44.4%64.3%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
55.6%56.4%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
35.7%55.6%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
43.6%44.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
49.5%50.5%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-7.1-6.3
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+6.3+7.1

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2005 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldJarkko NieminenJiri Novak
Country FIN CZE
Birth dateJul 23, 1981Mar 22, 1975
Age2330
Height185 cm190 cm
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)6623
Ranking points (entering)5571,215
Elo (entering)1,7641,755
Current career W-L363–339319–253
Current career earnings$7,743,345$7,618,613
Pre-match H2H
Jarkko Nieminen #66 0 – 0 Jiri Novak #23

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jurgen Melzer #376-4 6-7(4) 6-4WH2HMatch dataJul 21, 2005R32
Lars Burgsmuller #856-7(5) 6-0 6-1WH2HMatch dataJul 20, 2005R64

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Andreas Seppi #776-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataJul 23, 2005QF

Jiri Novak's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Razvan Sabau #794-6 6-4 6-0WH2HMatch dataJul 21, 2005R32