SF China Open 2004

Marat Safin #13 def. Jarkko Nieminen #71

6-2 6-4

Marat Safin defeated Jarkko Nieminen 6-2 6-4 in the 2004 China Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatMarat SafinJarkko Nieminen
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
131
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
02
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
62.3%58.5%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
81.8%57.9%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
60.0%48.1%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
100.0%66.7%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
73.6%53.8%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
33.3%0.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
46.2%26.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
58.5%41.5%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+10.5-9.2
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+9.2-10.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2004 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMarat SafinJarkko Nieminen
Country RUS FIN
Birth dateJan 27, 1980Jul 23, 1981
Age2423
Height193 cm185 cm
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1371
Ranking points (entering)1,590540
Elo (entering)1,7951,773
Current career W-L396–249363–339
Current career earnings$14,373,291$7,743,345
Pre-match H2H
Marat Safin #13 3 1 Jarkko Nieminen #71

Path

Marat Safin's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Kevin Kim #1436-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 18, 2004QF
Hao Lu #10956-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataSep 17, 2004R16
Alex Bogomolov Jr 6-4 7-5WMatch dataSep 16, 2004R32

Marat Safin's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Mikhail Youzhny #357-6(4) 7-5WH2HMatch dataSep 19, 2004F

Jarkko Nieminen's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
David Nalbandian #146-2 2-6 6-2WH2HMatch dataSep 18, 2004QF
Taylor Dent #286-3 7-5WH2HMatch dataSep 17, 2004R16
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #1207-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 16, 2004R32