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Jurgen Melzer vs Nicolas Kiefer Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jurgen Melzer seasons:20182017201620152014
Nicolas Kiefer seasons:20102009200820072006
🇦🇹 Jurgen Melzer
🇩🇪 Nicolas Kiefer
Age: 44y 357d (1981-05-22)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
(1977-07-05) Age: 48y 313d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
1 - 8
Wins: 11.1% - 88.9%
Hard 0–5Clay 0–2Grass 1–0
500 0–3Masters 1000 0–2250 1–1Slam 0–1Davis Cup 0–1
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🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer and 🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer have met 9 times. Nicolas Kiefer currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 8–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer has compiled an overall career record of 350–334 across 684 matches, translating to a win rate of 51.17%. On hard courts his record stands at 180–173 (50.99%), while on clay he holds a 123–114 (51.90%) mark. On grass the numbers read 39–35 (52.70%) , and on carpet 8–12 (40.00%). Throughout his career he has won 5 titles (4 hard, 1 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 13–60 (17.81%).

🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 366–274 from 640 matches (57.19% win rate). His hard-court record is 225–145 (60.81%), on clay he stands at 57–67 (45.97%), and on grass he has gone 44–30 (59.46%) , with a carpet record of 40–32 (55.56%). He has accumulated 6 titles in total (5 hard, 1 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 35–74 (32.11%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 5 times, with Nicolas Kiefer leading 5–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 2–0 (100.00% for Nicolas Kiefer) across 2 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Jurgen Melzer).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2009-06-08HalleGrassR1628🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer (7)34🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer6-1 RET3313066.7%80.0%80.0%0/0
2009-03-06Davis Cup WG R1: GER vs AUTHardRR33🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer32🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer7-6(3) 6-4 6-45------0/0
2006-05-29Roland GarrosClayR12813🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer (13)70🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer7-6(4) 6-3 6-151319255.3%76.6%68.4%1/1
2006-05-15Hamburg MastersClayR6411🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer (9)60🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer (Q)6-2 3-6 6-331467746.3%70.5%56.9%13/15
2005-10-24St. PetersburgCarpetR1629🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer (5)50🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer3-6 6-3 7-5314614355.2%77.4%58.1%0/1
2004-07-26Canada MastersHardQF25🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer61🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer3-6 6-1 6-13956260.3%70.2%51.6%5/7
2004-02-16MemphisHardR1657🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer (8)78🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer7-6(5) 6-7(2) 6-3315711655.7%80.9%50.0%3/4
2003-10-06ViennaHardR1661🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer79🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer (WC)6-3 6-43944448.3%67.9%53.3%2/5
1999-10-11ViennaHardR1611🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer (7)635🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer (WC)6-4 6-03604251.2%71.4%65.0%0/2

Wins

Jurgen Melzer
Nicolas Kiefer
1–8Overall
0–1Grand Slam
0–2Masters 1000
0–3ATP 500
1–1ATP 250
0–1Davis Cup
0–5Hard
0–2Clay
1–0Grass
0–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

14.3%1
85.7%6
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%2
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%2
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%6
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Jurgen Melzer
Nicolas Kiefer

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%4
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%3
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jurgen Melzer
Nicolas Kiefer

Sets

21.7%5
78.3%18
All
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grand Slam
33.3%2
66.7%4
Masters 1000
15.4%2
84.6%11
Hard
100.0%1
0.0%0
Grass
16.7%1
83.3%5
Clay
33.3%1
66.7%2
Carpet
Jurgen Melzer
Nicolas Kiefer

Games

41.3%90
58.7%128
All
34.5%10
65.5%19
Grand Slam
38.8%19
61.2%30
Masters 1000
38.9%49
61.1%77
Hard
85.7%6
14.3%1
Grass
38.2%21
61.8%34
Clay
46.7%14
53.3%16
Carpet
Jurgen Melzer
Nicolas Kiefer

Overview

By Surface

Jurgen Melzer
Nicolas Kiefer

By Tournament Level

Jurgen Melzer
Nicolas Kiefer

By Round

Jurgen Melzer
Nicolas Kiefer

By Opponent Ranking

Jurgen MelzerNicolas Kiefer
50%1-1
vs Top 1
0%0-10
16.7%5-25
vs Top 5
30.4%17-39
17.8%13-60
vs Top 10
32.1%35-74
26.6%38-105
vs Top 20
38.4%71-114
46.9%246-279
vs Top 100
51.8%268-249
65.4%104-55
vs +100
79.3%96-25
36.8%112-192
vs Higher
44.9%135-166
62.6%238-142
vs Lower
68.2%229-107

Opponent Breakdown

Jurgen MelzerNicolas Kiefer
48.9%222-232
Vs Younger
58.4%164-117
55.7%128-102
Vs Older
56.3%202-157
50.3%299-296
Vs Right-Handed
56.2%316-246
56.8%50-38
Vs Left-Handed
64.1%50-28
47.2%202-226
Vs 2H Backhand
51.9%140-130
57.1%108-81
Vs 1H Backhand
56%98-77
53.6%90-78
Vs Shorter
54.7%87-72
50.6%201-196
Vs Taller
56.2%214-167

Pressure Situations