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Lionel Roux #62 def. Karim Alami #59

7-6(2) 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Lionel Roux
Score	7-6(2) 6-2 6-4
Loser	Karim Alami
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	Lionel Roux	Karim Alami
Aces	6	8
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	69	64
First serve points won %	77	73
Second serve points won %	74	41
Break points saved %	100	62
Break points converted %	38	0
Service points won %	76	61
Return points won %	39	24
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lionel Roux	Karim Alami
Country	FRA	MAR
Birth date	Apr 12, 1973	May 24, 1973
Age	24	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	62	59
Ranking points (entering)	721	752
Elo (entering)	1,694	1,664
Career W-L	76–116	140–177
Career earnings	$1,255,648	$2,087,596

Pre-match H2H

Lionel Roux 0 – 0 Karim Alami

Path

Lionel Roux's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Jan Apell	6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Tomas Nydahl	6-3 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Lionel Roux's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1998	R16	Marcelo Rios	2-6 6-4 2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Julian Alonso	6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Alex Radulescu	7-6(0) 5-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data