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Kenneth Carlsen #90 def. Mikael Tillstrom #86

6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 1997*
Tournament	Beijing
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kenneth Carlsen
Score	6-2 6-0
Loser	Mikael Tillstrom
Duration	51m

Stat	Kenneth Carlsen	Mikael Tillstrom
Aces	7	1
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	51	55
First serve points won %	90	45
Second serve points won %	55	33
Break points saved %	—	17
Break points converted %	83	—
Service points won %	73	40
Return points won %	60	27
Total points won %	67	33

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kenneth Carlsen	Mikael Tillstrom
Country	DEN	SWE
Birth date	Apr 17, 1973	Mar 5, 1972
Age	24	25
Height	190	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	90	86
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,649	1,626
Career W-L	239–273	107–108
Career earnings	$2,990,980	$2,030,525

Pre-match H2H

Kenneth Carlsen 0 – 0 Mikael Tillstrom

Path

Kenneth Carlsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Kenneth Carlsen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Alex Obrien	7-5 5-7 7-6(4)	W	—	Match data

Mikael Tillstrom's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Jia Ping Xia	7-6(0) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data