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Rainer Schuettler #124 def. Cedric Pioline #18

3-6 6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 9, 1999*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rainer Schuettler
Score	3-6 6-2 7-5
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	2h 9m

Stat	Rainer Schuettler	Cedric Pioline
Aces	2	2
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	65	58
First serve points won %	69	51
Second serve points won %	50	59
Break points saved %	40	58
Break points converted %	42	60
Service points won %	62	54
Return points won %	46	38
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rainer Schuettler	Cedric Pioline
Country	GER	FRA
Birth date	—	Jun 15, 1969
Age	—	29
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	124	18
Ranking points (entering)	392	1,710
Elo (entering)	1,655	1,792
Career W-L	313–323	370–301
Career earnings	$7,407,508	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Rainer Schuettler 0 – 0 Cedric Pioline

Path

Rainer Schuettler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1999	QF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-2 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1999	R16	Daniel Vacek	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1999	R32	Andrei Medvedev	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rainer Schuettler's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1999	F	Tim Henman	6-4 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1999	QF	Mariano Zabaleta	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1999	R16	Javier Sanchez	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1999	R32	Juan Antonio Marin	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data