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Greg Rusedski #20 def. Richard Krajicek #18

7-5 7-6(5) 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Sep 5, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	7-5 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Richard Krajicek
Aces	2	10
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	60	63
First serve points won %	79	78
Second serve points won %	52	52
Break points saved %	80	50
Break points converted %	50	20
Service points won %	68	69
Return points won %	31	32
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Richard Krajicek
Country	GBR	NED
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Dec 6, 1971
Age	23	25
Height	193	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	20	18
Ranking points (entering)	1,601	1,702
Elo (entering)	1,925	1,952
Career W-L	415–276	408–207
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 4 – 1 Richard Krajicek

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1997	R16	Daniel Vacek	7-6(2) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Jens Knippschild	7-6(5) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Marcos Ondruska	7-6(3) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	David Wheaton	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1997	SF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-1 3-6 3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1997	R16	Felix Mantilla	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Alex Corretja	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Marcelo Filippini	7-6(4) 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Wayne Black	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data