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Nicolas Lapentti #31 def. Olivier Rochus #66

2-6 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 25, 2002*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Lapentti
Score	2-6 6-2 6-4
Loser	Olivier Rochus
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Nicolas Lapentti	Olivier Rochus
Aces	10	4
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	67	63
First serve points won %	70	61
Second serve points won %	37	47
Break points saved %	60	58
Break points converted %	42	40
Service points won %	59	56
Return points won %	44	41
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Lapentti	Olivier Rochus
Country	ECU	BEL
Birth date	Aug 13, 1976	Jan 18, 1981
Age	25	21
Height	188	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	31	66
Ranking points (entering)	1,090	583
Elo (entering)	1,783	1,667
Career W-L	282–280	220–256
Career earnings	$6,315,143	$4,905,754

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Lapentti 1 – 0 Olivier Rochus

Path

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2002	QF	Jurgen Melzer	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2002	R16	Irakli Labadze	5-7 7-6(1) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2002	R32	Karol Kucera	6-3 2-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2002	F	Fernando Vicente	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Olivier Rochus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2002	QF	David Sanchez	7-5 4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2002	R16	Jan-Michael Gambill	7-5 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2002	R32	Michael Russell	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data