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Greg Rusedski #6 def. Jonathan Stark #105

6-4 6-4 1-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	6-4 6-4 1-0 (ret.)
Loser	Jonathan Stark
Duration	1h 8m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Jonathan Stark
Aces	14	3
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	58	61
First serve points won %	92	72
Second serve points won %	68	52
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	82	64
Return points won %	36	18
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Jonathan Stark
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Apr 3, 1971
Age	24	26
Height	193	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	105
Ranking points (entering)	2,660	479
Elo (entering)	1,943	1,670
Career W-L	415–276	135–150
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$3,220,867

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 2 – 1 Jonathan Stark

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	David Witt	7-6(4) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Todd Woodbridge	6-7(5) 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jonathan Stark's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Carlos Costa	6-3 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data