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Andy Murray #31 def. Jarkko Nieminen #15

6-4 6-7(0) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 13, 2006*
Tournament	Canada Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	6-4 6-7(0) 6-3
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	2h 28m

Stat	Andy Murray	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	6	1
Double faults	9	6
First serve %	37	59
First serve points won %	63	60
Second serve points won %	48	32
Break points saved %	64	50
Break points converted %	50	36
Service points won %	54	48
Return points won %	52	46
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	GBR	FIN
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Jul 23, 1981
Age	19	25
Height	191	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	31	15
Ranking points (entering)	1,035	1,600
Elo (entering)	1,846	1,847
Career W-L	703–264	357–334
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 0 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2006	R16	Carlos Moya	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2006	R32	Tim Henman	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2006	R64	David Ferrer	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2006	SF	Richard Gasquet	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2006	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	3-6 6-3 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2006	R32	Frank Dancevic	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2006	R64	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data