Head to head
2
Hard
1
0
Clay
1
Xavier Malisse's wins on the left · Jarkko Nieminen's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (4)
| 2010 | Paris Masters | Hard | R64 | Jarkko Nieminen | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2008 | Auckland | Hard | R32 | Xavier Malisse | 7-6(3) 6-3 |
| 2006 | US Open | Hard | R128 | Xavier Malisse | 6-4 7-5 6-2 |
| 2003 | Barcelona | Clay | R32 | Jarkko Nieminen | 6-3 4-6 6-0 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.