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Jarkko Nieminen #24 def. Mark Philippoussis #169

6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Mar 22, 2006*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	4	10
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	69	45
First serve points won %	66	73
Second serve points won %	67	42
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	66	56
Return points won %	44	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Mark Philippoussis
Country	FIN	AUS
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Nov 7, 1976
Age	24	29
Height	185	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	24	169
Ranking points (entering)	1,425	240
Elo (entering)	1,856	1,666
Career W-L	357–334	287–190
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 0 – 0 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2006	R32	James Blake	3-6 6-4 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2006	R128	Davide Sanguinetti	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data