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Nicolas Kiefer #34 def. Paul Haarhuis #61

6-7(5) 7-6(3) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 25, 1997*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	6-7(5) 7-6(3) 7-5
Loser	Paul Haarhuis
Duration	2h 31m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Paul Haarhuis
Aces	16	5
Double faults	6	7
First serve %	49	46
First serve points won %	87	78
Second serve points won %	54	51
Break points saved %	80	57
Break points converted %	43	20
Service points won %	71	63
Return points won %	37	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Paul Haarhuis
Country	GER	NED
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Feb 19, 1966
Age	20	31
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	34	61
Ranking points (entering)	1,103	738
Elo (entering)	1,823	1,711
Career W-L	343–252	250–245
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$7,751,962

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 0 – 0 Paul Haarhuis

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1997	R32	Greg Rusedski	5-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1997	R64	Thomas Johansson	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1997	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Paul Haarhuis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1997	R32	Thomas Muster	6-2 6-7(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1997	R64	Filip Dewulf	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data