| R128 | L | David Ferrer | 6-4 6-2 6-3 | H2H |
🇩🇪 GER · Right-handed · 183 cm · b. 1977-07-05
Nicolas Kiefer
Active 1994–2010 · best rank seen: 4
366–274
7
0
0
21
19,085
Hard
225–145 (60.8%)
Clay
57–67 (46.0%)
Grass
44–30 (59.5%)
Carpet
40–32 (55.6%)
Main rivals
| Opponent | Record | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6–9 | 15 | Full H2H |
| 🇨🇭 Roger Federer | 3–12 | 15 | Full H2H |
| 🇸🇪 Thomas Enqvist | 7–5 | 12 | Full H2H |
| 🇸🇪 Jonas Bjorkman | 6–5 | 11 | Full H2H |
| 🇬🇧 Greg Rusedski | 4–6 | 10 | Full H2H |
| 🇫🇷 Fabrice Santoro | 3–7 | 10 | Full H2H |
Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.
Grand Slam record
| '96 | '97 | '98 | '99 | '00 | '01 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | '08 | '09 | '10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | 1R | QF | 3R | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | SF | 1R | |||||
| Roland Garros | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 2R | ||||
| Wimbledon | QF | 3R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | ||
| US Open | 3R | 3R | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 2R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1998–2000).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2181.
Career titles (7)
- 2000 Hong Kong Hard
- 2000 Dubai Hard
- 1999 Tashkent Hard
- 1999 Halle Grass
- 1999 Tokyo Hard
- 1998 World Team Cup Clay
- 1997 Toulouse Hard
Match results
| R16 | L | Andreas Beck | 6-2 3-6 7-6(4) | H2H |
| R32 | W | Mikhail Youzhny | 4-6 6-1 7-5 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Simon Greul | 7-5 6-2 | H2H |
Methodology
Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.