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Stefan Edberg #28 def. Tim Henman #39

6-7(2) 7-6(2) 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 1996*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Stefan Edberg
Score	6-7(2) 7-6(2) 6-4 6-4
Loser	Tim Henman

Stat	Stefan Edberg	Tim Henman
Aces	10	9
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	70	57
First serve points won %	75	74
Second serve points won %	60	45
Break points saved %	87	73
Break points converted %	27	13
Service points won %	70	61
Return points won %	39	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stefan Edberg	Tim Henman
Country	SWE	GBR
Birth date	Jan 19, 1966	Sep 6, 1974
Age	30	21
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	28	39
Ranking points (entering)	1,197	1,048
Elo (entering)	1,912	1,829
Career W-L	744–246	468–260
Career earnings	$20,630,941	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Stefan Edberg 0 – 0 Tim Henman

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Paul Haarhuis	6-4 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Bernd Karbacher	3-6 6-3 6-3 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Richard Krajicek	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Stefan Edberg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1996	QF	Goran Ivanisevic	3-6 4-6 6-7(9)	L	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Todd Martin	6-2 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Doug Flach	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Roberto Jabali	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data