Martin Verkerk def. Jarkko Nieminen, 2003 Italian Open Round of 16

Match Information

Date: May 10, 2003*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 2003
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: R16
Duration: 1h 4m

Match Statistics

Stat	Martin Verkerk	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	8	0
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	50.0%	61.0%
First serve points won %	95.0%	56.0%
Second serve points won %	55.0%	37.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	75.0%
Break points converted %	25.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	75.0%	49.0%
Return points won %	51.0%	25.0%
Total points won %	60.0%	40.0%
Match Serve+	+12.5	-13.9
Match Return+	+13.9	-12.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2003 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Martin Verkerk	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	NED	FIN
Birth date	Oct 31, 1978	Jul 23, 1981
Age	24	21
Height	196 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	68	35
Ranking points (entering)	607	940
Elo (entering)	1,638	1,835
Current career W-L	56–64	363–339
Current career earnings	$1,564,520	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Martin Verkerk #68 0 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen #35

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Path

Martin Verkerk's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andy Roddick #6	6-7(6) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 8, 2003	R32
Vincent Spadea #30	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	May 7, 2003	R64

Martin Verkerk's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #24	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 11, 2003	QF

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nikolay Davydenko #41	7-5 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 8, 2003	R32
Paradorn Srichaphan #10	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 7, 2003	R64