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Daniel Vacek #83 def. M. Sell #239

4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 29, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Daniel Vacek
Score	4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-2
Loser	M. Sell
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	Daniel Vacek	M. Sell
Aces	14	5
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	65	61
First serve points won %	87	66
Second serve points won %	44	39
Break points saved %	50	63
Break points converted %	37	50
Service points won %	72	55
Return points won %	45	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Daniel Vacek	M. Sell
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Apr 1, 1971	Aug 23, 1972
Age	26	25
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	83	239
Ranking points (entering)	605	181
Elo (entering)	1,609	1,506
Career W-L	170–219	6–16
Career earnings	$4,803,388	$294,371

Pre-match H2H

Daniel Vacek 0 – 0 M. Sell

Path

Daniel Vacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Laurence Tieleman	4-6 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Daniel Vacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Mark Philippoussis	7-6(4) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

M. Sell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Cecil Mamiit	6-3 3-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data