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Alexander Volkov #105 def. Brett Steven #168

7-6(5) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 1, 1997*
Tournament	Shanghai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Alexander Volkov
Score	7-6(5) 7-5
Loser	Brett Steven
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Alexander Volkov	Brett Steven
Aces	6	15
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	57	68
First serve points won %	88	78
Second serve points won %	53	31
Break points saved %	0	60
Break points converted %	40	100
Service points won %	73	63
Return points won %	37	27
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Volkov	Brett Steven
Country	RUS	NZL
Birth date	Mar 3, 1967	Apr 27, 1969
Age	29	27
Height	188	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	105	168
Ranking points (entering)	451	250
Elo (entering)	1,727	1,716
Career W-L	291–245	157–152
Career earnings	$3,362,840	$2,439,714

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Volkov 2 – 0 Brett Steven

Path

Alexander Volkov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1997	QF	Doug Flach	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1997	R16	Eyal Ran	6-7(4) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1997	R32	Jia Ping Xia	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Volkov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1997	F	Jan Kroslak	2-6 6-7(2)	L	—	Match data

Brett Steven's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1997	QF	Gerard Solves	6-7(5) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1997	R16	Filip Dewulf	6-3 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1997	R32	Mark Knowles	7-6(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data