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Jonas Bjorkman v Nicolas Kiefer: stats compared | Lineball
Kiefer wins on titles. Bjorkman’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Bjorkman 747 matches, Kiefer 619 matches.
Kiefer has 7 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Bjorkman’s 7 titles (one every 50 matches).
Kiefer averages 6.5 aces a match to Bjorkman’s 4.1 (59% more).
Bjorkman has the better first serve in %: 57.5 to Kiefer’s 52.7.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.07 total · best 1Titlesper game0.07 total · best 1
57.5First serve in %52.7
70.4First-serve points won %74.9
59.2Break points saved %60.1
40.0Return points won %38.9
4.13,042 total · best 20Acesper game6.53,992 total · best 23
Head to head
410 matches since 19966
Hard · 7 matchesBjorkman 2Kiefer 5
Grass · 2 matchesBjorkman 1Kiefer 1
Carpet · 1 matchBjorkman 1Kiefer 0
Grand Slams · 1 matchBjorkman 0Kiefer 1
Last meetings
7 June 2004 · Halle · Round of 16 · GrassKiefer won 5-7 6-4 6-4
18 Mar 2002 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 128 · HardBjorkman won 7-5 7-6(6)
11 June 2001 · Halle · Round of 16 · GrassBjorkman won 7-6(3) 6-7(4) 7-6(1)
1 Jan 2001 · Doha · Round of 32 · HardKiefer won 4-6 6-1 7-5
28 Aug 2000 · US Open · Round of 64 · HardKiefer won 6-1 6-4 6-3
12 Apr 1999 · Tokyo · Semifinal · HardKiefer won 4-6 6-1 6-4
3 Aug 1998 · ATP Masters 1000 Canada · Round of 16 · HardBjorkman won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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12.69,414 total · best 31
Games wonper game
12.57,741 total · best 31
40.7Break points converted %43.2
52.5Sets won %56.1
51.0Games won %52.0
0.012 total · best 1Finalsper game0.021 total · best 1
1.41,013 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.4864 total · best 3
1.2916 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1676 total · best 3
12.19,048 total · best 29Games lostper game · lower is better11.57,138 total · best 27
0.3252 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.3196 total · best 3
3.32,477 total · best 14Double faultsper game · lower is better3.62,243 total · best 14
6-2 6-7(7) 6-3
16 Mar 1998 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 32 · HardKiefer won 7-6(6) 7-6(3)
20 Oct 1997 · ATP Masters 1000 Stuttgart · Quarterfinal · CarpetBjorkman won 6-4 6-2
1 Jan 1996 · Adelaide · Round of 32 · HardKiefer won 6-2 6-1