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Richey Reneberg #29 def. Jonas Bjorkman #38

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 8, 1997*
Tournament	Scottsdale
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Richey Reneberg
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Jonas Bjorkman
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Richey Reneberg	Jonas Bjorkman
Aces	0	5
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	46	44
First serve points won %	79	75
Second serve points won %	57	40
Break points saved %	67	60
Break points converted %	40	33
Service points won %	67	56
Return points won %	44	33
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richey Reneberg	Jonas Bjorkman
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Oct 5, 1965	Mar 23, 1972
Age	31	24
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	29	38
Ranking points (entering)	1,226	982
Elo (entering)	1,845	1,876
Career W-L	305–261	395–341
Career earnings	$4,407,308	$14,610,671

Pre-match H2H

Richey Reneberg 1 – 0 Jonas Bjorkman

Path

Richey Reneberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1997	QF	Jerome Golmard	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1997	R16	Hernan Gumy	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1997	R32	Vincent Spadea	7-6(1) 0-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Richey Reneberg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1997	F	Mark Philippoussis	4-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1997	QF	Albert Costa	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1997	R16	Patrick Rafter	3-6 6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1997	R32	Alex Obrien	6-4 1-6 7-5	W	—	Match data