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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #26 def. Jarkko Nieminen #37

7-6(8) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 1, 2003*
Tournament	Milan
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-6(8) 6-3
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	1h 26m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	4	6
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	58	76
First serve points won %	74	55
Second serve points won %	43	38
Break points saved %	50	64
Break points converted %	36	50
Service points won %	61	51
Return points won %	49	39
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	RUS	FIN
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Jul 23, 1981
Age	28	21
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	37
Ranking points (entering)	1,190	945
Elo (entering)	1,798	1,772
Career W-L	568–281	357–334
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0 – 1 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 2003	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2003	R16	Kristian Pless	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2003	R32	Marcelo Charpentier	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 2003	F	Martin Verkerk	4-6 7-5 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 2003	QF	Richard Krajicek	7-6(7) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2003	R16	Antony Dupuis	7-6(4) 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2003	R32	Michel Kratochvil	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data