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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Jarkko Nieminen #18

6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 2006*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	2h 15m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	6	5
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	72	51
First serve points won %	76	79
Second serve points won %	52	45
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	69	62
Return points won %	38	31
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	ESP	FIN
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 23, 1981
Age	20	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	18
Ranking points (entering)	4,545	1,390
Elo (entering)	2,288	1,841
Career W-L	1,045–225	357–334
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2006	R16	Irakli Labadze	6-3 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 2006	R32	Andre Agassi	7-6(5) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2006	R64	Robert Kendrick	6-7(4) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2006	R128	Alex Bogdanovic	6-4 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 2006	SF	Marcos Baghdatis	6-1 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2006	R16	Dmitry Tursunov	7-5 6-4 6-7(2) 6-7(6) 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 2006	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1-6 6-2 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2006	R64	Martin Lee	6-4 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2006	R128	Marcos Daniel	6-2 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data