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Jonas Bjorkman #17 def. Scott Draper #66

6-3 6-3 1-6 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jonas Bjorkman
Score	6-3 6-3 1-6 7-6(6)
Loser	Scott Draper
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	Jonas Bjorkman	Scott Draper
Aces	4	9
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	56	60
First serve points won %	75	79
Second serve points won %	51	43
Break points saved %	67	58
Break points converted %	42	33
Service points won %	64	65
Return points won %	35	36
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jonas Bjorkman	Scott Draper
Country	SWE	AUS
Birth date	Mar 23, 1972	Jun 5, 1974
Age	25	23
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	66
Ranking points (entering)	1,742	728
Elo (entering)	1,911	1,771
Career W-L	395–341	107–126
Career earnings	$14,610,671	$1,594,598

Pre-match H2H

Jonas Bjorkman 0 – 1 Scott Draper

Path

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Gustavo Kuerten	6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Todd Martin	7-5 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Francisco Clavet	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1997	QF	Petr Korda	7-6(3) 6-2 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Scott Draper's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Jeff Tarango	7-6(6) 3-6 2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Jiri Novak	7-5 7-6(4) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-4 6-3 7-6(11)	W	H2H	Match data