Vliegen v Nieminen
ATP Tour career
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Jarkko Nieminen takes it, 11–3 on categories
Nieminen wins on first serve in %. Vliegen’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Vliegen 199 matches, Nieminen 697 matches.
- Vliegen averages 5.6 aces a match to Nieminen’s 3.1 (79% more).
- Nieminen has the better first serve in %: 65.4 to Vliegen’s 61.3.
- Nieminen averages 1.3 sets won a match to Vliegen’s 1.1 (20% more).
- Winners’ edge: Nieminen’s team won 52%, Vliegen’s team won 42% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Nieminen has 697 matches across 16 seasons, Vliegen 199 in 8 — 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.
- –Titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 61.3First serve in %65.4
- 69.3First-serve points won %67.6
- 56.5Break points saved %60.3
- 36.0Return points won %38.3
- 5.61,115 total · best 24Acesper game3.12,172 total · best 19
- 11.42,273 total · best 29
Head to head
35 matches
since 20062
since 20062
- Hard · 2 matchesVliegen 1Nieminen 1
- Clay · 2 matchesVliegen 2Nieminen 0
- Grass · 1 matchVliegen 0Nieminen 1
Last meetings
- 20 Sept 2010 · Metz · Round of 16 · HardNieminen won 6-4 6-1
- 11 June 2007 · Halle · Round of 32 · GrassNieminen won 6-3 6-1
- 19 Feb 2007 · Rotterdam · Round of 32 · HardVliegen won 6-1 6-4
- 1 May 2006 · Munich · Semifinal · ClayVliegen won 6-1 6-2
- 17 Apr 2006 · ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo · Round of 64 · ClayVliegen won 1-6 6-4 7-6(5)
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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