QF China Open 2004

Jarkko Nieminen #71 def. David Nalbandian #14

6-2 2-6 6-2

Jarkko Nieminen defeated David Nalbandian 6-2 2-6 6-2 in the 2004 China Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatJarkko NieminenDavid Nalbandian
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
52
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
12
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
69.6%55.2%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
72.9%64.2%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
52.4%46.5%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
0.0%75.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
66.7%56.2%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
25.0%100.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
43.8%33.3%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.3%46.7%
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.
+3.6-6.8
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.
+6.8-3.6

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2004 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldJarkko NieminenDavid Nalbandian
Country FIN ARG
Birth dateJul 23, 1981Jan 1, 1982
Age2322
Height185 cm180 cm
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)7114
Ranking points (entering)5401,575
Elo (entering)1,7501,923
Current career W-L363–339358–187
Current career earnings$7,743,345$11,123,125
Pre-match H2H

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Taylor Dent #286-3 7-5WH2HMatch dataSep 17, 2004R16
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #1207-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 16, 2004R32

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Marat Safin #132-6 4-6LH2HMatch dataSep 18, 2004SF

David Nalbandian's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Yen-Hsun Lu #946-7(6) 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 17, 2004R16
Kristian Pless #2807-6(5) 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataSep 16, 2004R32