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Greg Rusedski #27 def. Richey Reneberg #73

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

Match Information

Date	Jul 2, 1997*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	7-6(2) 6-4 7-6(4)
Loser	Richey Reneberg
Duration	1h 52m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Richey Reneberg
Aces	30	4
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	67	62
First serve points won %	92	81
Second serve points won %	61	47
Break points saved %	—	67
Break points converted %	33	—
Service points won %	82	68
Return points won %	32	18
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Richey Reneberg
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Oct 5, 1965
Age	23	31
Height	193	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	73
Ranking points (entering)	1,222	648
Elo (entering)	1,921	1,832
Career W-L	415–276	305–261
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$4,407,308

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 1 – 0 Richey Reneberg

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1997	R32	Andrew Richardson	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1997	R64	Jonathan Stark	4-6 6-7(9) 6-4 6-3 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1997	R128	Mark Philippoussis	7-6(6) 7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1997	QF	Cedric Pioline	4-6 6-4 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Richey Reneberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1997	R32	Guillaume Raoux	7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1997	R64	Carlos Moya	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1997	R128	Hicham Arazi	7-6(6) 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data