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Paradorn Srichaphan #61 def. Jarkko Nieminen #24

7-6(3) 3-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 12, 2006*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Paradorn Srichaphan
Score	7-6(3) 3-6 7-5
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Paradorn Srichaphan	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	4	3
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	49	71
First serve points won %	78	67
Second serve points won %	69	56
Break points saved %	80	92
Break points converted %	8	20
Service points won %	73	64
Return points won %	36	27
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paradorn Srichaphan	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	THA	FIN
Birth date	Jun 14, 1979	Jul 23, 1981
Age	26	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	61	24
Ranking points (entering)	655	1,320
Elo (entering)	1,809	1,875
Career W-L	219–182	357–334
Career earnings	$3,459,655	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Paradorn Srichaphan 1 – 3 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Paradorn Srichaphan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2006	R16	David Nalbandian	6-7(5) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Robby Ginepri	7-6(10) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2006	R128	Wesley Moodie	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Paradorn Srichaphan's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2006	SF	Roger Federer	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2006	R16	Marat Safin	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Florian Mayer	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data