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Greg Rusedski #20 def. Daniel Vacek #83

7-6(2) 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	7-6(2) 6-2 6-2
Loser	Daniel Vacek
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Daniel Vacek
Aces	17	6
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	62	57
First serve points won %	89	77
Second serve points won %	59	33
Break points saved %	—	56
Break points converted %	44	—
Service points won %	77	58
Return points won %	42	23
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Daniel Vacek
Country	GBR	CZE
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Apr 1, 1971
Age	23	26
Height	193	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	20	83
Ranking points (entering)	1,601	605
Elo (entering)	1,916	1,666
Career W-L	415–276	170–219
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$4,803,388

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 2 – 1 Daniel Vacek

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Jens Knippschild	7-6(5) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Marcos Ondruska	7-6(3) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	David Wheaton	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1997	QF	Richard Krajicek	7-5 7-6(5) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Daniel Vacek's path

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
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Michael Sell	4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Laurence Tieleman	4-6 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data