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Fabrice Santoro #42 def. Richard Krajicek #16

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

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 1997*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Fabrice Santoro
Score	2-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4)
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	2h 17m

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Richard Krajicek
Aces	6	13
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	56	56
First serve points won %	85	78
Second serve points won %	53	49
Break points saved %	67	100
Break points converted %	0	33
Service points won %	71	65
Return points won %	35	29
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Richard Krajicek
Country	FRA	NED
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Dec 6, 1971
Age	24	25
Height	178	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	42	16
Ranking points (entering)	951	1,999
Elo (entering)	1,707	1,934
Career W-L	456–432	408–207
Career earnings	$10,013,832	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro 0 – 3 Richard Krajicek

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1997	R32	Christophe Van Garsse	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1997	QF	Felix Mantilla	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1997	R32	Hicham Arazi	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data