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Greg Rusedski #76 def. Shuzo Matsuoka #67

7-6(5) 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 22, 1996*
Tournament	Nottingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	7-6(5) 5-7 6-4
Loser	Shuzo Matsuoka
Duration	2h 21m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Shuzo Matsuoka
Aces	14	9
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	66	60
First serve points won %	82	68
Second serve points won %	44	50
Break points saved %	50	78
Break points converted %	22	50
Service points won %	69	61
Return points won %	39	31
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Shuzo Matsuoka
Country	GBR	JPN
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Nov 6, 1967
Age	22	28
Height	193	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	76	67
Ranking points (entering)	666	714
Elo (entering)	1,738	1,627
Career W-L	415–276	127–152
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$1,117,112

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 2 – 0 Shuzo Matsuoka

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1996	R16	Martin Damm Sr	6-3 7-6(4)	W	—	Match data
Jun 20, 1996	R32	Albert Costa	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1996	SF	Jan Siemerink	6-7(4) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Shuzo Matsuoka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1996	R16	Alex Corretja	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1996	R32	Stephane Simian	6-4 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data