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Grant Stafford #66 def. David Wheaton #275

4-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 12, 1997*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Grant Stafford
Score	4-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	David Wheaton
Duration	1h 52m

Stat	Grant Stafford	David Wheaton
Aces	6	4
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	54	62
First serve points won %	69	57
Second serve points won %	56	42
Break points saved %	64	14
Break points converted %	86	36
Service points won %	63	51
Return points won %	49	37
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Grant Stafford	David Wheaton
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	May 27, 1971	Jun 2, 1969
Age	26	28
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	66	275
Ranking points (entering)	688	138
Elo (entering)	1,682	1,724
Career W-L	83–111	231–190
Career earnings	$1,307,208	$5,238,401

Pre-match H2H

Grant Stafford 0 – 0 David Wheaton

Path

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1997	R16	Luke Jensen	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1997	R32	Jeff Salzenstein	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Grant Stafford's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1997	SF	Brett Steven	3-6 7-5 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Wheaton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1997	R16	Michael Joyce	7-6(5) 4-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jul 10, 1997	R32	Marzio Martelli	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data