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Kenneth Carlsen #76 def. Byron Black #80

6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Apr 12, 1998*
Tournament	Hong Kong
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Kenneth Carlsen
Score	6-2 6-0
Loser	Byron Black
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Kenneth Carlsen	Byron Black
Aces	5	2
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	51	61
First serve points won %	95	42
Second serve points won %	50	39
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	73	41
Return points won %	59	27
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kenneth Carlsen	Byron Black
Country	DEN	ZIM
Birth date	Apr 17, 1973	Oct 6, 1969
Age	24	28
Height	190	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	76	80
Ranking points (entering)	603	579
Elo (entering)	1,732	1,763
Career W-L	239–273	239–229
Career earnings	$2,990,980	$5,159,775

Pre-match H2H

Kenneth Carlsen 3 – 1 Byron Black

Path

Kenneth Carlsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	SF	Thomas Johansson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	QF	Neville Godwin	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1998	R16	Geoff Grant	3-6 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Peter Nyborg	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kenneth Carlsen's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Byron Black's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	SF	Sebastien Lareau	6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	QF	Gianluca Pozzi	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1998	R16	Christian Vinck	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-7(3) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data