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Jonas Bjorkman #12 def. Jan Siemerink #21

6-4 2-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1998*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jonas Bjorkman
Score	6-4 2-6 6-2 6-2
Loser	Jan Siemerink

Stat	Jonas Bjorkman	Jan Siemerink
Aces	1	9
Double faults	6	9
First serve %	67	53
First serve points won %	66	74
Second serve points won %	49	34
Break points saved %	62	50
Break points converted %	50	38
Service points won %	60	55
Return points won %	45	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jonas Bjorkman	Jan Siemerink
Country	SWE	NED
Birth date	Mar 23, 1972	Apr 14, 1970
Age	26	28
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	12	21
Ranking points (entering)	2,337	1,494
Elo (entering)	1,862	1,860
Career W-L	395–341	261–260
Career earnings	$14,610,671	$4,347,693

Pre-match H2H

Jonas Bjorkman 4 – 1 Jan Siemerink

Path

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Jonathan Stark	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Cedric Pioline	6-2 4-6 6-1 6-7(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1998	QF	Patrick Rafter	2-6 3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Jan Siemerink's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Greg Rusedski	1-6 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Dominik Hrbaty	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Dinu Pescariu	6-4 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data