Jonas Bjorkman #4 def. Fabrice Santoro #22

7-5 6-3 6-4

Jonas Bjorkman defeated Fabrice Santoro 7-5 6-3 6-4 in the 1998 Australian Open round of 32 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 25, 1998*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1998
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R32
Duration: 1h 51m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Jonas Bjorkman	Fabrice Santoro
Country	SWE	FRA
Birth date	Mar 23, 1972	Dec 9, 1972
Age	25	25
Height	183 cm	178 cm
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)	1,975	1,856
Current career W-L	395–344	462–435
Current career earnings	$14,610,671	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Jonas Bjorkman #4 1 – 0 Fabrice Santoro #22

Path

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Wayne Ferreira #42	6-7(3) 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1998	R64
Allen Belobrajdic #152	2-6 6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1998	R128

Jonas Bjorkman's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Byron Black #68	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1998	R16

Fabrice Santoro's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Lapentti #64	6-4 3-6 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1998	R64
Emilio Benfele Alvarez #104	4-6 6-0 6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1998	R128