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Jarkko Nieminen #77 def. Denis Istomin #67

7-6(12) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 14, 2012*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jarkko Nieminen
Score	7-6(12) 6-3
Loser	Denis Istomin
Duration	1h 45m

Stat	Jarkko Nieminen	Denis Istomin
Aces	0	7
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	71	69
First serve points won %	68	73
Second serve points won %	58	48
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	65	65
Return points won %	35	35
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jarkko Nieminen	Denis Istomin
Country	FIN	UZB
Birth date	Jul 23, 1981	Sep 7, 1986
Age	30	25
Height	185	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	77	67
Ranking points (entering)	666	710
Elo (entering)	1,869	1,777
Career W-L	357–334	191–245
Career earnings	$7,743,345	$6,339,469

Pre-match H2H

Jarkko Nieminen 2 – 0 Denis Istomin

Path

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2012	QF	Bobby Reynolds	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2012	R16	Radek Stepanek	7-6(5) 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2012	R32	James Duckworth	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2012	Q3	Stephane Robert	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2012	Q2	Andre Begemann	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2012	Q1	Amer Delic	6-1 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2012	F	Julien Benneteau	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Istomin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2012	QF	Richard Gasquet	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2012	R16	Ryan Sweeting	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2012	R32	Pablo Andujar	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2012	Q3	Adam Feeney	6-3 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2012	Q2	Jan Hajek	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2012	Q1	Matt Reid	7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data