QF Wimbledon 2006

Rafael Nadal #2 def. Jarkko Nieminen #18

6-3 6-4 6-4

Rafael Nadal defeated Jarkko Nieminen 6-3 6-4 6-4 in the 2006 Wimbledon quarterfinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 7, 2006*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 2006
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: QF
Duration: 2h 15m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	6	5
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	72.0%	51.0%
First serve points won %	76.0%	79.0%
Second serve points won %	52.0%	45.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	67.0%
Break points converted %	33.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	69.0%	62.0%
Return points won %	38.0%	31.0%
Total points won %	55.0%	45.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	ESP	FIN
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 23, 1981
Age	20	24
Height	185 cm	185 cm
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
Current career W-L	1,056–228	363–339
Current career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #2 2 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen #18

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Irakli Labadze #166	6-3 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 2006	R16
Andre Agassi #20	7-6(5) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 2006	R32
Robert Kendrick #237	6-7(4) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 2006	R64
Alex Bogdanovic #135	6-4 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2006	R128

Rafael Nadal's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marcos Baghdatis #16	6-1 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 9, 2006	SF

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dmitry Tursunov #31	7-5 6-4 6-7(2) 6-7(6) 9-7	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 2006	R16
Philipp Kohlschreiber #88	1-6 6-2 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 2006	R32
Martin Lee #252	6-4 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 2006	R64
Marcos Daniel #80	6-2 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2006	R128