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Tim Henman #7 def. Jeff Tarango #73

6-4 6-7(13) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 9, 1999*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	6-4 6-7(13) 6-4
Loser	Jeff Tarango
Duration	2h 34m

Stat	Tim Henman	Jeff Tarango
Aces	21	1
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	58	57
First serve points won %	81	61
Second serve points won %	50	58
Break points saved %	40	64
Break points converted %	36	60
Service points won %	68	60
Return points won %	40	32
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Jeff Tarango
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Nov 20, 1968
Age	24	30
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	73
Ranking points (entering)	2,620	675
Elo (entering)	1,969	1,698
Career W-L	468–260	239–293
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$3,730,289

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 1 – 1 Jeff Tarango

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1999	R16	Younes El Aynaoui	4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1999	R32	Sjeng Schalken	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1999	SF	Karim Alami	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jeff Tarango's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1999	R16	Fernando Vicente	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1999	R32	Jan Siemerink	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data