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Nicolas Kiefer vs Roger Federer Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Nicolas Kiefer seasons:20102009200820072006
Roger Federer seasons:20212020201920182017
🇩🇪 Nicolas Kiefer
🇨🇭 Roger Federer
Age: 48y 257d (1977-07-05)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1981-08-08) Age: 44y 223d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
3 - 12
Wins: 20.0% - 80.0%
Hard 1–8Clay 0–1Grass 1–3
500 01Masters 1000 14250 23Slam 04
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🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer and 🇨🇭Roger Federer have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 15 times. Roger Federer currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 123.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer has compiled an overall career record of 366274 across 640 matches, translating to a win rate of 57.19%. On hard courts his record stands at 225145 (60.81%), while on clay he holds a 5767 (45.97%) mark. On grass the numbers read 4430 (59.46%) , and on carpet 4032 (55.56%). Throughout his career he has won 6 titles (5 hard, 1 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 3574 (32.11%).

🇨🇭Roger Federer, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1251275 from 1526 matches (81.98% win rate). His hard-court record is 783155 (83.48%), on clay he stands at 22671 (76.09%), and on grass he has gone 19229 (86.88%) , with a carpet record of 5020 (71.43%). He has accumulated 103 titles in total (71 hard, 11 clay, 19 grass, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 224123 (64.55%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 9 times, with Roger Federer leading 81 (88.89%). The clay record between them sits at 10 (100.00% for Roger Federer) across 1 matches. On grass, their 4 encounters have yielded a record of 31 (75.00% for Roger Federer).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2009-03-25Miami MastersHardR322🇨🇭Roger Federer (2)29🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer (28)6-4 6-13715179.5%74.3%66.7%0/0
2008-06-09HalleGrassSF1🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)38🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer6-1 6-43657162.7%73.0%59.1%4/4
2007-10-22BaselHardQF1🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)64🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer6-3 6-23711158.9%69.7%65.2%3/4
2007-10-15Madrid MastersHardSF1🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)112🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer6-4 6-438410066.7%91.2%58.8%1/1
2006-01-16Australian OpenHardSF1🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)25🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer (21)6-3 5-7 6-0 6-251607566.0%71.4%66.7%3/4
2005-08-29US OpenHardR161🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)38🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 6-451807460.9%71.6%59.6%4/6
2005-08-15Cincinnati MastersHardR321🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)38🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer4-6 6-4 6-431337258.5%77.1%50.0%2/6
2005-06-20WimbledonGrassR321🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)26🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer (25)6-2 6-7(5) 6-1 7-5515514470.4%71.6%64.7%2/4
2005-03-07Indian Wells MastersHardQF1🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)31🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer (29)6-4 6-13674161.9%76.9%50.0%0/2
2004-05-24Roland GarrosClayR641🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)34🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer6-3 6-4 7-6(6)515151253.2%79.1%39.0%12/15
2003-06-09HalleGrassF5🇨🇭Roger Federer (1)73🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer6-1 6-33693157.8%88.5%63.2%0/0
2002-06-10HalleGrassSF66🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer10🇨🇭Roger Federer (2)4-6 6-4 6-431025552.4%81.8%42.5%1/4
2001-10-01MoscowCarpetR3239🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer12🇨🇭Roger Federer (3)6-3 1-6 7-6(4)31163744.6%83.8%50.0%1/4
2001-03-12Indian Wells MastersHardR6443🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer21🇨🇭Roger Federer3-6 7-5 6-131174550.0%68.2%54.5%7/10
2000-02-21LondonHardR3266🇨🇭Roger Federer4🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer (2)6-2 6-33626158.9%78.8%52.2%5/5

Wins

Nicolas Kiefer
Roger Federer
312Overall
04Grand Slam
14Masters 1000
01ATP 500
23ATP 250
18Hard
01Clay
13Grass
10Indoor Hard

Sets Format

27.3%3
72.7%8
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%4
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%7
2 Sets
60.0%3
40.0%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%3
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Nicolas Kiefer
Roger Federer

Deciding

75.0%3
25.0%1
Decider Set
25.0%1
75.0%3
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Nicolas Kiefer
Roger Federer

Sets

24.4%10
75.6%31
All
20.0%3
80.0%12
Grand Slam
25.0%3
75.0%9
Masters 1000
20.8%5
79.2%19
Hard
27.3%3
72.7%8
Grass
0.0%0
100.0%3
Clay
66.7%2
33.3%1
Carpet
Nicolas Kiefer
Roger Federer

Games

40.1%155
59.9%232
All
38.9%58
61.1%91
Grand Slam
42.9%48
57.1%64
Masters 1000
39.5%88
60.5%135
Hard
38.8%40
61.2%63
Grass
40.6%13
59.4%19
Clay
48.3%14
51.7%15
Carpet
Nicolas Kiefer
Roger Federer

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Nicolas Kiefer
Roger Federer

By Tournament Level

Nicolas Kiefer
Roger Federer

By Round

Nicolas Kiefer
Roger Federer

By Opponent Ranking

Nicolas KieferRoger Federer
0%0-10
vs Top 1
33.3%10-20
30.4%17-39
vs Top 5
58.1%104-75
32.1%35-74
vs Top 10
64.6%224-123
38.4%71-114
vs Top 20
70.1%383-163
51.8%268-249
vs Top 100
80.8%1091-260
79.3%96-25
vs +100
91.3%158-15
44.9%135-166
vs Higher
49%77-80
68.2%229-107
vs Lower
85.7%1172-195

Opponent Breakdown

Nicolas KieferRoger Federer
58.4%164-117
Vs Younger
83.1%754-153
56.3%202-157
Vs Older
80.3%497-122
56.2%316-246
Vs Right-Handed
82.5%1119-238
64.1%50-28
Vs Left-Handed
78.1%132-37
51.9%140-130
Vs 2H Backhand
80.8%819-194
56%98-77
Vs 1H Backhand
85.1%319-56
54.7%87-72
Vs Shorter
86%504-82
56.2%214-167
Vs Taller
80.3%556-136

Pressure Situations