Fabrice Santoro vs Nicolas Kiefer, Doha 2000, Semifinal

ATP Intl Series · Semifinal · Hard

Final

Fabrice Santoro

WinnerRank #142

Santoro won in 2 sets · 1h 39m

2–0

Set 17–5

Set 26–4

Nicolas Kiefer

LostRank #720

Venue

Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex

Doha, QAT· Hard

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

Average

Wind

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Humidity

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Temperature

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Altitude

10 m

Sea level

Match stats

1h 39m

2Aces1

1Double faults4

42Service points won37

11Service games played11

9Service games won7

11Return games played11

5/771%Break points saved43%3/7

4/757%Break points converted29%2/7

Head to head

6Santoro

3Kiefer

9 meetings

Hard 4–2Grass 1–1Clay 1–0

Form and path

Fabrice Santoro1–5

Australian OpenHard

LRound of 128
Marin Cilic
Sets won: 3Set 1: 7Set 2: 7Set 3: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 0Set 1: 5Set 2: 5Set 3: 3

Paris MastersHard

LRound of 64
James Blake
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 3

LyonHard

LRound of 32
Albert Montanes
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 4

MoscowHard

TokyoHard

LRound of 16
Lleyton Hewitt
Sets won: 2Set 1: 3Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 1

Nicolas Kiefer1–5

WimbledonGrass

LRound of 128
David Ferrer
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 2Set 3: 3

HalleGrass

Madrid MastersClay

LQualifying R1
Filippo Volandri
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 2

MunichClay

LRound of 32
Simon Greul
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 5Set 2: 2

Tunis CHClay

LRound of 32
Daniel Brands
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 4

Match research

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Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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Fabrice Santoro vs Nicolas Kiefer, Doha 2000, Semifinal

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

Match research