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Rafael Nadal #3 def. Jarkko Nieminen #66

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 23, 2005*
Tournament	Stuttgart
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	1h 29m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	2	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	62	64
First serve points won %	81	52
Second serve points won %	53	45
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	70	49
Return points won %	51	30
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	ESP	FIN
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Jul 23, 1981
Age	19	24
Height	185	185
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)	2,117	1,795
Career W-L	1,045–225	357–334
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 0 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

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

Rafael Nadal's next match

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

Jarkko Nieminen's path

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