Head to head
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Hard
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Clay
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Jarkko Nieminen's wins on the left · Marat Safin's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 2007 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | R64 | Marat Safin | 5-7 6-3 6-2 |
| 2006 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R16 | Jarkko Nieminen | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2005 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R64 | Marat Safin | 4-6 6-1 7-5 |
| 2004 | Beijing | Hard | SF | Marat Safin | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | R64 | Marat Safin | 7-6(5) 6-4 4-6 6-4 |
| 2003 | Barcelona | Clay | R16 | Marat Safin | 6-3 6-3 |
| 2003 | Sydney | Hard | R16 | Marat Safin | 3-6 6-1 6-2 |
| 2002 | Estoril | Clay | QF | Jarkko Nieminen | 4-6 7-5 6-3 |
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.