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Jarkko Nieminen #35 def. Nikolay Davydenko #41

7-5 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 8, 2003*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	7-5 4-6 6-1
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	4	4
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	75	66
First serve points won %	62	67
Second serve points won %	59	42
Break points saved %	80	38
Break points converted %	62	20
Service points won %	61	58
Return points won %	42	39
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	FIN	RUS
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Jun 2, 1981
Age	21	21
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	35	41
Ranking points (entering)	940	865
Elo (entering)	1,822	1,763
Career W-L	357–334	467–324
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 1 – 0 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2003	R64	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2003	R16	Martin Verkerk	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2003	R64	Karol Kucera	2-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data