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J. Knippschild #100 def. D. Pescariu #91

6-3 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 29, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	J. Knippschild
Score	6-3 7-5 6-1
Loser	D. Pescariu
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	J. Knippschild	D. Pescariu
Aces	15	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	54	80
First serve points won %	89	55
Second serve points won %	50	33
Break points saved %	71	30
Break points converted %	70	29
Service points won %	71	51
Return points won %	49	29
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Knippschild	D. Pescariu
Country	GER	ROU
Birth date	Feb 15, 1975	Apr 12, 1974
Age	22	23
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	100	91
Ranking points (entering)	457	524
Elo (entering)	1,651	1,538
Career W-L	47–69	23–55
Career earnings	$1,017,972	$676,539

Pre-match H2H

J. Knippschild 0 – 0 D. Pescariu

Path

J. Knippschild's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Slava Dosedel	7-5 5-7 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Knippschild's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Greg Rusedski	6-7(5) 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

D. Pescariu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Goran Ivanisevic	4-6 7-5 6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data