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Jarkko Nieminen #71 def. David Nalbandian #14

6-2 2-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 18, 2004*
Tournament	Beijing
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	6-2 2-6 6-2
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	1h 54m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	David Nalbandian
Aces	5	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	70	55
First serve points won %	73	64
Second serve points won %	52	47
Break points saved %	0	75
Break points converted %	25	100
Service points won %	67	56
Return points won %	44	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	David Nalbandian
Country	FIN	ARG
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Jan 1, 1982
Age	23	22
Height	185	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	71	14
Ranking points (entering)	540	1,575
Elo (entering)	1,755	1,916
Career W-L	357–334	356–185
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 2 – 3 David Nalbandian

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 2004	R16	Taylor Dent	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 2004	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 2004	SF	Marat Safin	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 2004	R16	Yen-Hsun Lu	6-7(6) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 2004	R32	Kristian Pless	7-6(5) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data