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Nicolas Kiefer #38 def. Arnaud Clement #91

6-4 6-7(5) 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 2005*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	6-4 6-7(5) 6-4 6-1
Loser	Arnaud Clement
Duration	3h 7m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Arnaud Clement
Aces	19	5
Double faults	6	8
First serve %	58	56
First serve points won %	79	67
Second serve points won %	50	43
Break points saved %	57	42
Break points converted %	58	43
Service points won %	67	56
Return points won %	44	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Arnaud Clement
Country	GER	FRA
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Dec 17, 1977
Age	28	27
Height	183	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	38	91
Ranking points (entering)	900	449
Elo (entering)	1,858	1,775
Career W-L	343–252	300–313
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$7,125,228

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 4 – 1 Arnaud Clement

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Radek Stepanek	4-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Jiri Vanek	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2005	R16	Roger Federer	4-6 7-6(3) 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Arnaud Clement's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Andy Murray	6-2 7-6(2) 2-6 6-7(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7-5 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2005	Q3	Danai Udomchoke	0-6 7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2005	Q2	Sergiy Stakhovsky	1-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2005	Q1	Ti Chen	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data