Becker v Nieminen
ATP Tour career
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Jarkko Nieminen takes it, 11–3 on categories
Nieminen wins on first serve in %. Becker’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Becker 368 matches, Nieminen 697 matches.
- Becker has 1 title (one every 33.3 matches) to Nieminen’s 2 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Becker averages 7.6 aces a match to Nieminen’s 3.1 — 2.4 times as many.
- Nieminen has the better first serve in %: 65.4 to Becker’s 56.8.
- Winners’ edge: Nieminen’s team won 52%, Becker’s team won 41% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Nieminen has 697 matches across 16 seasons, Becker 368 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- 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.
- 0.01 total · best 1Titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 56.8First serve in %65.4
- 74.5First-serve points won %67.6
- 58.9Break points saved %60.3
- 33.9Return points won %38.3
- 7.62,800 total · best 27Acesper game3.12,172 total · best 19
Head to head
39 matches
since 20066
since 20066
- Hard · 8 matchesBecker 2Nieminen 6
- Grass · 1 matchBecker 1Nieminen 0
Last meetings
- 29 Sept 2014 · Tokyo · Round of 32 · HardBecker won 7-5 4-1
- 17 Aug 2014 · Winston-Salem · Round of 32 · HardNieminen won 7-5 6-4
- 14 Oct 2013 · Stockholm · Round of 32 · HardNieminen won 6-3 3-6 7-6(3)
- 19 Aug 2012 · Winston-Salem · Round of 32 · HardNieminen won 6-3 6-3
- 27 Sept 2010 · Bangkok · Semifinal · HardNieminen won 6-3 6-2
- 20 Sept 2010 · Metz · Round of 32 · HardNieminen won 6-3 7-6(2)
- 13 June 2010 · s-Hertogenbosch · Round of 32 · GrassBecker won 6-4 3-6 6-4
- 22 Feb 2010 · Delray Beach · Quarterfinal · HardNieminen won 7-5 3-6 7-6(5)
- 2 Oct 2006 · Tokyo · Quarterfinal · HardBecker won 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-4
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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