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Grant Stafford #114 def. Laurence Tieleman #153

7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 12, 1996*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Grant Stafford
Score	7-6(4) 6-2
Loser	Laurence Tieleman
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Grant Stafford	Laurence Tieleman
Aces	3	4
Double faults	3	11
First serve %	52	52
First serve points won %	79	69
Second serve points won %	58	39
Break points saved %	67	57
Break points converted %	43	33
Service points won %	69	55
Return points won %	45	31
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Grant Stafford	Laurence Tieleman
Country	RSA	ITA
Birth date	May 27, 1971	Nov 14, 1972
Age	25	23
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	114	153
Ranking points (entering)	419	267
Elo (entering)	1,534	1,534
Career W-L	83–111	41–62
Career earnings	$1,307,208	$773,130

Pre-match H2H

Grant Stafford 0 – 0 Laurence Tieleman

Path

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1996	R32	Oleg Ogorodov	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Grant Stafford's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1996	QF	David Nainkin	1-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Laurence Tieleman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1996	R32	Stephane Simian	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data