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Brett Steven #59 def. Sjeng Schalken #57

2-6 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 14, 1998*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Brett Steven
Score	2-6 6-3 6-1
Loser	Sjeng Schalken
Duration	1h 35m

Stat	Brett Steven	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	2	3
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	73	60
First serve points won %	71	64
Second serve points won %	55	43
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	67	56
Return points won %	44	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brett Steven	Sjeng Schalken
Country	NZL	NED
Birth date	Apr 27, 1969	Sep 8, 1976
Age	29	21
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	59	57
Ranking points (entering)	763	779
Elo (entering)	1,677	1,677
Career W-L	157–152	280–254
Career earnings	$2,439,714	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

Brett Steven 0 – 0 Sjeng Schalken

Path

Brett Steven's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Guillaume Raoux	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Brett Steven's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Carlos Moya	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Patrick Rafter	6-3 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data