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Andrew Ilie #59 def. Alexander Popp #98

4-6 6-2 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	May 4, 2001*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Andrew Ilie
Score	4-6 6-2 7-6(5)
Loser	Alexander Popp
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Andrew Ilie	Alexander Popp
Aces	4	4
Double faults	1	9
First serve %	53	61
First serve points won %	71	71
Second serve points won %	65	54
Break points saved %	50	62
Break points converted %	38	50
Service points won %	68	64
Return points won %	36	32
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andrew Ilie	Alexander Popp
Country	AUS	GER
Birth date	Apr 18, 1976	Nov 4, 1976
Age	25	24
Height	180	201
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	59	98
Ranking points (entering)	690	419
Elo (entering)	1,694	1,632
Career W-L	89–114	45–65
Career earnings	$1,327,838	$976,038

Pre-match H2H

Andrew Ilie 0 – 0 Alexander Popp

Path

Andrew Ilie's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2001	R32	Lars Burgsmuller	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Andrew Ilie's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2001	QF	Hyung-Taik Lee	4-6 6-2 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Alexander Popp's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2001	R32	Chris Woodruff	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data