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Kristof Vliegen v Jarkko Nieminen: stats compared | Lineball
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
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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Games wonper game
12.68,779 total · best 34
39.7Break points converted %41.6
43.4Sets won %51.0
47.4Games won %50.5
0.02 total · best 1Finalsper game0.013 total · best 1
1.1215 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.3906 total · best 3
1.4280 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.3870 total · best 3
12.72,524 total · best 27Games lostper game · lower is better12.48,613 total · best 30
0.480 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.4293 total · best 3
2.2433 total · best 12Double faultsper game · lower is better2.11,479 total · best 12