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Alexander Volkov #105 def. E. Ran #143

6-7(4) 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 31, 1997*
Tournament	Shanghai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Alexander Volkov
Score	6-7(4) 6-4 6-1
Loser	E. Ran
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Alexander Volkov	E. Ran
Aces	7	6
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	61	57
First serve points won %	75	63
Second serve points won %	64	47
Break points saved %	67	60
Break points converted %	40	33
Service points won %	71	56
Return points won %	44	29
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Volkov	E. Ran
Country	RUS	ISR
Birth date	Mar 3, 1967	Nov 21, 1972
Age	29	24
Height	188	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	105	143
Ranking points (entering)	451	295
Elo (entering)	1,709	1,528
Career W-L	291–245	13–30
Career earnings	$3,362,840	$492,055

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Volkov 0 – 0 E. Ran

Path

Alexander Volkov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1997	R32	J. Xia	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Volkov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1997	QF	D. Flach	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

E. Ran's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1997	R32	S. Pescosolido	7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data