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Kristof Vliegen #50 def. Jarkko Nieminen #20

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 6, 2006*
Tournament	Munich
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Kristof Vliegen
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	1h 8m

Stat	Kristof Vliegen	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	4	2
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	68	60
First serve points won %	76	62
Second serve points won %	62	32
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	72	50
Return points won %	50	28
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kristof Vliegen	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	BEL	FIN
Birth date	Jun 22, 1982	Jul 23, 1981
Age	23	24
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	50	20
Ranking points (entering)	753	1,420
Elo (entering)	1,776	1,858
Career W-L	83–114	357–334
Career earnings	$1,964,020	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Kristof Vliegen 1 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Kristof Vliegen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2006	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2006	R16	Robin Soderling	5-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2006	R32	Janko Tipsarevic	5-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kristof Vliegen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2006	F	Olivier Rochus	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2006	QF	Robin Vik	7-5 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2006	R16	Alexander Waske	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2006	R32	Andrei Pavel	7-6(7) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data