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Greg Rusedski #20 def. J. Knippschild #100

7-6(5) 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 31, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	7-6(5) 6-3 6-1
Loser	J. Knippschild
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	J. Knippschild
Aces	13	4
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	65	46
First serve points won %	92	74
Second serve points won %	44	41
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	75	56
Return points won %	44	25
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	J. Knippschild
Country	GBR	GER
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Feb 15, 1975
Age	23	22
Height	193	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	20	100
Ranking points (entering)	1,601	457
Elo (entering)	1,906	1,667
Career W-L	415–276	47–69
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$1,017,972

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 0 – 0 J. Knippschild

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	M. 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 3, 1997	R16	Daniel Vacek	7-6(2) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Knippschild's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	D. Pescariu	6-3 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Slava Dosedel	7-5 5-7 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data