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Alexander Popp #198 def. Olivier Rochus #65

5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 2, 2003*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Alexander Popp
Score	5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Olivier Rochus
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Alexander Popp	Olivier Rochus
Aces	12	4
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	65	53
First serve points won %	72	65
Second serve points won %	56	48
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	67	57
Return points won %	43	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Popp	Olivier Rochus
Country	GER	BEL
Birth date	Nov 4, 1976	Jan 18, 1981
Age	26	22
Height	201	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	198	65
Ranking points (entering)	176	638
Elo (entering)	1,680	1,740
Career W-L	45–65	220–256
Career earnings	$976,038	$4,905,754

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Popp 0 – 0 Olivier Rochus

Path

Alexander Popp's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2003	R32	Jiri Novak	6-3 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 2003	R64	Raemon Sluiter	7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2003	R128	Hicham Arazi	6-4 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Popp's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2003	QF	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 6-4 3-6 3-6 6-8	L	H2H	Match data

Olivier Rochus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2003	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	7-6(5) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 2003	R64	Antony Dupuis	2-6 6-3 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2003	R128	Guillermo Coria	7-5 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data