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Tim Henman #12 def. Byron Black #31

5-7 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 1, 1998*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	5-7 6-1 6-4
Loser	Byron Black
Duration	2h 12m

Stat	Tim Henman	Byron Black
Aces	19	4
Double faults	8	4
First serve %	48	67
First serve points won %	81	60
Second serve points won %	50	47
Break points saved %	85	79
Break points converted %	21	15
Service points won %	65	56
Return points won %	44	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Byron Black
Country	GBR	ZIM
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Oct 6, 1969
Age	23	28
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	31
Ranking points (entering)	0	1,098
Elo (entering)	1,883	1,809
Career W-L	468–260	239–229
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$5,159,775

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 1 – 2 Byron Black

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 1998	R16	Jeff Tarango	7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 1998	R32	Grant Stafford	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 1998	SF	Guillaume Raoux	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Byron Black's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 1998	R16	Gianluca Pozzi	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 1998	R32	Sjeng Schalken	6-4 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data