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Sjeng Schalken #79 def. Alex Corretja #6

6-3 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 23, 1997*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Sjeng Schalken
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3
Loser	Alex Corretja
Duration	1h 49m

Stat	Sjeng Schalken	Alex Corretja
Aces	4	6
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	64	68
First serve points won %	70	69
Second serve points won %	50	48
Break points saved %	57	20
Break points converted %	80	43
Service points won %	62	62
Return points won %	38	38
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sjeng Schalken	Alex Corretja
Country	NED	ESP
Birth date	Sep 8, 1976	Apr 11, 1974
Age	20	23
Height	193	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	79	6
Ranking points (entering)	629	2,386
Elo (entering)	1,646	1,933
Career W-L	280–254	415–277
Career earnings	$5,192,798	$10,411,354

Pre-match H2H

Sjeng Schalken 0 – 1 Alex Corretja

Path

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1997	R16	Slava Dosedel	2-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1997	R32	Lionel Roux	6-7(2) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1997	SF	Albert Costa	6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1997	R16	Guillermo Canas	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1997	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data