Thomas Johansson vs Jarkko Nieminen — Beijing Round of 16

Beijing · ATP · Round of 16
SWE
Thomas Johansson
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 September 2005
hard
FIN
Jarkko Nieminen
44 yrs · 185 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWLLLLLLW
Johansson T.
6-4 6-4
Nieminen J.
Johansson T.
662
Nieminen J.
44–

Thomas Johansson defeated Jarkko Nieminen 6-4 6-4 in the Beijing round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jarkko Nieminen came in defending last year's semi-final. Thomas Johansson extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Thomas Johansson edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-08-11Beijing OlympicsR64hardThomas Johansson4-6 6-4 6-4
2001-10-22StockholmQFhardJarkko Nieminen6-2 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Johansson T.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Nieminen J.

Nieminen J.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Johansson T.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Johansson T.Nieminen J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
66%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
75%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
65%
62%
Return points won·Even
35%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.5
3.3
Double faults / match·Even
2.4
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (174 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Johansson T.Nieminen J.
Clutch Rating·Even
54
56
Break points saved·Slight edge
80
88
Break points won·Slight edge
51
42
Deciding sets·Even
59
60
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
60
70

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
30°CPartly cloudy
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 28%

Draw

Final
Nadal R.
Coria G.
5-76-16-2
Semi-finals
Coria G.
Johansson T.
4-67-56-2
Nadal R.
Ferrero J.
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Nadal R.
Wessels P.
7-636-2
Johansson T.
Moya C.
7-636-3
Ferrero J.
Nalbandian D.
6-23-66-3
Coria G.
Youzhny M.
6-41-66-1
R16
Nalbandian D.
Hadad A.
6-46-0
Ferrero J.
Tursunov D.
6-47-64
Youzhny M.
Udomchoke D.
7-56-1
Wessels P.
Wang Y.
6-17-69
Moya C.
Koubek S.
3-66-36-2
Johansson T.
Nieminen J.
6-46-4
Nadal R.
Gimelstob J.
5-76-46-4
Coria G.
Matsui T.
6-16-0
R32
Tursunov D.
Burgsmuller L.
6-36-4
Moya C.
Srichaphan P.
7-666-3
Coria G.
Zeng S.
6-26-1
Wessels P.
Arthurs W.
7-656-4
Wang Y.
Gregorc L.
7-656-1
Hadad A.
Norman D.
7-57-67
Koubek S.
Heuberger I.
6-37-66
Nieminen J.
Schuettler R.
6-46-2
Udomchoke D.
Okun N.
7-643-66-4
Matsui T.
Sun P.
6-45-76-4
Nadal R.
Wang J.
6-26-4
Gimelstob J.
Karanusic R.
6-46-1
Nalbandian D.
Pless K.
6-37-62
Ferrero J.
Lee H.
4-66-37-5
Johansson T.
Bjorkman J.
6-46-3
Youzhny M.
Healey N.
7-56-4