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Gaston Gaudio #37 def. Jarkko Nieminen #54

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 5, 2002*
Tournament	Mallorca
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Gaston Gaudio
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	1h

Stat	Gaston Gaudio	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	5	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	69	73
First serve points won %	71	55
Second serve points won %	79	50
Break points saved %	67	20
Break points converted %	80	33
Service points won %	73	53
Return points won %	47	27
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gaston Gaudio	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	ARG	FIN
Birth date	Dec 9, 1978	Jul 23, 1981
Age	23	20
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	37	54
Ranking points (entering)	923	722
Elo (entering)	1,928	1,702
Career W-L	253–188	357–334
Career earnings	$6,066,156	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Gaston Gaudio 0 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Gaston Gaudio's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2002	SF	Agustin Calleri	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2002	QF	Gustavo Kuerten	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2002	R16	Cedric Pioline	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2002	R32	Fernando Vicente	0-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gaston Gaudio's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2002	SF	Mariano Zabaleta	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2002	QF	Dominik Hrbaty	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2002	R16	Galo Blanco	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 2002	R32	Andre Sa	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data