SF Stuttgart Open 2005

Rafael Nadal #3 def. Jarkko Nieminen #66

6-2 7-5

Rafael Nadal defeated Jarkko Nieminen 6-2 7-5 in the 2005 Stuttgart Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 23, 2005*
Tournament: Stuttgart Open
Edition: 2005
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 29m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	2	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	62.0%	64.0%
First serve points won %	81.0%	52.0%
Second serve points won %	53.0%	45.0%
Break points saved %	0.0%	50.0%
Break points converted %	50.0%	100.0%
Service points won %	70.0%	49.0%
Return points won %	51.0%	30.0%
Total points won %	58.0%	42.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	ESP	FIN
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 23, 1981
Age	19	24
Height	185 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	66
Ranking points (entering)	3,750	557
Elo (entering)	2,119	1,794
Current career W-L	1,056–228	363–339
Current career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal #3 0 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen #66

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tomas Zib #57	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 2005	QF
Fernando Verdasco #58	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2005	R16
Hugo Armando #167	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 2005	R32

Rafael Nadal's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gaston Gaudio #13	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 2005	F

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andreas Seppi #77	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 2005	QF
Jiri Novak #23	2-6 6-2 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2005	R16
Jurgen Melzer #37	6-4 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 2005	R32
Lars Burgsmuller #85	6-7(5) 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 2005	R64