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Jonas Bjorkman #4 def. Fabrice Santoro #22

7-5 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Jonas Bjorkman
Score	7-5 6-3 6-4
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Jonas Bjorkman	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	3	4
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	67	54
First serve points won %	77	58
Second serve points won %	53	47
Break points saved %	57	40
Break points converted %	60	43
Service points won %	69	53
Return points won %	47	31
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jonas Bjorkman	Fabrice Santoro
Country	SWE	FRA
Birth date	Mar 23, 1972	Dec 9, 1972
Age	25	25
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	22
Ranking points (entering)	2,870	1,480
Elo (entering)	1,974	1,858
Career W-L	395–341	456–432
Career earnings	$14,610,671	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Jonas Bjorkman 1 – 0 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Wayne Ferreira	6-7(3) 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Allen Belobrajdic	2-6 6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1998	R16	Byron Black	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Nicolas Lapentti	6-4 3-6 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	4-6 6-0 6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data