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Javier Sanchez #41 def. Paul Haarhuis #79

3-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 14, 1997*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Javier Sanchez
Score	3-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Paul Haarhuis
Duration	2h 7m

Stat	Javier Sanchez	Paul Haarhuis
Aces	3	2
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	68	49
First serve points won %	71	72
Second serve points won %	43	38
Break points saved %	75	62
Break points converted %	38	25
Service points won %	62	55
Return points won %	45	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Javier Sanchez	Paul Haarhuis
Country	ESP	NED
Birth date	Feb 1, 1968	Feb 19, 1966
Age	29	31
Height	177	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	41	79
Ranking points (entering)	993	646
Elo (entering)	1,709	1,713
Career W-L	321–328	250–245
Career earnings	$4,427,811	$7,751,962

Pre-match H2H

Javier Sanchez 1 – 2 Paul Haarhuis

Path

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1997	R64	Mahesh Bhupathi	6-2 6-7(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1997	R16	Petr Korda	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Paul Haarhuis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1997	R64	Magnus Norman	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data