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Sebastien Grosjean #96 def. Xavier Malisse #411

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 28, 1998*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Sebastien Grosjean
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Sebastien Grosjean	Xavier Malisse
Aces	5	2
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	48	49
First serve points won %	76	72
Second serve points won %	53	37
Break points saved %	40	0
Break points converted %	100	60
Service points won %	64	54
Return points won %	46	36
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sebastien Grosjean	Xavier Malisse
Country	FRA	BEL
Birth date	May 29, 1978	Jul 19, 1980
Age	20	18
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	96	411
Ranking points (entering)	517	73
Elo (entering)	1,656	1,539
Career W-L	320–236	282–265
Career earnings	$8,131,803	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

Sebastien Grosjean 0 – 0 Xavier Malisse

Path

Sebastien Grosjean's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1998	R32	John Van Lottum	6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data

Sebastien Grosjean's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1998	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1998	R32	Steve Campbell	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data