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Cedric Pioline #17 def. Marat Safin #116

7-5 4-6 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 3, 1998*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Cedric Pioline
Score	7-5 4-6 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	3h 20m

Stat	Cedric Pioline	Marat Safin
Aces	5	15
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	63	57
First serve points won %	85	77
Second serve points won %	49	50
Break points saved %	60	33
Break points converted %	67	40
Service points won %	72	65
Return points won %	35	28
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cedric Pioline	Marat Safin
Country	FRA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 15, 1969	Jan 27, 1980
Age	28	18
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	116
Ranking points (entering)	1,957	440
Elo (entering)	1,905	1,656
Career W-L	370–301	395–247
Career earnings	$6,921,029	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Cedric Pioline 0 – 0 Marat Safin

Path

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1998	R32	Richard Krajicek	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1998	R64	Julien Boutter	7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Marcelo Filippini	6-1 3-6 7-5 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1998	QF	Hicham Arazi	3-6 6-2 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1998	R32	Daniel Vacek	6-3 3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1998	R64	Gustavo Kuerten	3-6 7-6(5) 3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Andre Agassi	5-7 7-5 6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data