Nieminen v Lopez
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst9–5
Too close to call — 9–5 on categories
Nieminen wins on first serve in %. Lopez’s case rests on first-serve points won %. ATP Tour career: Nieminen 697 matches, Lopez 979 matches.
- Lopez averages 10.4 aces a match to Nieminen’s 3.1 — 3.3 times as many.
- Nieminen averages 2.1 double faults a match to Lopez’s 3.5.
- Nieminen has the better first serve in %: 65.4 to Lopez’s 58.4.
- Longevity: Lopez has 979 matches across 25 seasons, Nieminen 697 in 16 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): 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.
- 0.02 total · best 1Titlesper game0.07 total · best 1
- 65.4First serve in %58.4
- 67.6First-serve points won %76.2
- 60.3Break points saved %65.5
- 38.3Return points won %33.1
- 3.12,172 total · best 19Acesper game10.410,214 total · best 43
Head to head
610 matches
since 20034
since 20034
- Hard · 5 matchesNieminen 4Lopez 1
- Clay · 3 matchesNieminen 1Lopez 2
- Grass · 2 matchesNieminen 1Lopez 1
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesNieminen 2Lopez 0
Last meetings
- 7 Oct 2013 · ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai · Round of 64 · HardLopez won 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3
- 17 June 2013 · Eastbourne · Round of 32 · GrassLopez won 7-6(3) 7-6(5)
- 25 June 2012 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · GrassNieminen won 7-6(4) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4
- 23 Apr 2012 · Barcelona · Round of 16 · ClayLopez won 6-3 6-1
- 20 Apr 2009 · Barcelona · Round of 64 · ClayLopez won 6-2 6-1
- 12 Jan 2009 · Sydney · Round of 32 · HardNieminen won 6-2 7-6(9)
- 19 Aug 2007 · New Haven · Round of 32 · HardNieminen won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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