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Jarkko Nieminen #29 def. Olivier Rochus #27

6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jan 14, 2006*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(4)
Loser	Olivier Rochus
Duration	2h 52m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Olivier Rochus
Aces	10	5
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	70	60
First serve points won %	60	56
Second serve points won %	44	57
Break points saved %	71	53
Break points converted %	47	29
Service points won %	55	57
Return points won %	43	45
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Olivier Rochus
Country	FIN	BEL
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Jan 18, 1981
Age	24	24
Height	185	168
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	29	27
Ranking points (entering)	1,070	1,090
Elo (entering)	1,831	1,828
Career W-L	357–334	220–256
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$4,905,754

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 1 – 3 Olivier Rochus

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	QF	Nicolas Massu	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2006	R16	Paul Goldstein	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006	R32	Marcos Baghdatis	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2006	F	Mario Ancic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Olivier Rochus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	QF	David Ferrer	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2006	R16	Jan Hernych	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006	R32	Albert Montanes	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data