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Grant Stafford #78 def. Sandon Stolle #66

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 1997*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Grant Stafford
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Sandon Stolle
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Grant Stafford	Sandon Stolle
Aces	5	5
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	42	49
First serve points won %	74	70
Second serve points won %	69	35
Break points saved %	80	56
Break points converted %	44	20
Service points won %	71	52
Return points won %	48	29
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Grant Stafford	Sandon Stolle
Country	RSA	AUS
Birth date	May 27, 1971	Jul 13, 1970
Age	25	26
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	78	66
Ranking points (entering)	605	724
Elo (entering)	1,628	1,700
Career W-L	83–111	100–120
Career earnings	$1,307,208	$3,762,442

Pre-match H2H

Grant Stafford 0 – 0 Sandon Stolle

Path

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1997	R16	Jim Courier	6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1997	R32	Alex Radulescu	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Grant Stafford's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1997	SF	Patrick Rafter	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sandon Stolle's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1997	R16	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Feb 27, 1997	R32	Vincent Spadea	7-6(3) 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data