Santoro v Kiefer
ATP Tour career
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Nicolas Kiefer takes it, 12–3 on categories
Kiefer wins on titles. Santoro’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Santoro 902 matches, Kiefer 619 matches.
- Kiefer has 7 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Santoro’s 6 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Kiefer averages 6.5 aces a match to Santoro’s 3.0 — 2.1 times as many.
- Santoro averages 2.3 double faults a match to Kiefer’s 3.6.
- Winners’ edge: Kiefer’s team won 58%, Santoro’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Santoro has 902 matches across 22 seasons, Kiefer 619 in 17 — 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.
- 0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.07 total · best 1
- 57.6First serve in %52.7
- 67.0First-serve points won %74.9
- 59.1Break points saved %60.1
- 39.8Return points won %38.9
- 3.02,593 total · best 22Acesper game6.53,992 total · best 23
Head to head
710 matches
since 19993
since 19993
- Hard · 7 matchesSantoro 5Kiefer 2
- Grass · 2 matchesSantoro 1Kiefer 1
- Clay · 1 matchSantoro 1Kiefer 0
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesSantoro 2Kiefer 1
Last meetings
- 22 June 2009 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · GrassSantoro won 6-4 6-2 6-2
- 25 Mar 2009 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 64 · HardKiefer won 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2
- 25 June 2007 · Wimbledon · Round of 64 · GrassKiefer won 6-4 6-3 6-4
- 20 Mar 2006 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 64 · HardKiefer won 7-6(4) 2-6 6-4
- 11 Mar 2002 · ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · Round of 32 · HardSantoro won 7-6(1) 6-1
- 30 July 2001 · ATP Masters 1000 Canada · Round of 32 · HardSantoro won 4-6 6-4 6-3
- 14 May 2001 · ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg · Round of 16 · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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