Greg Rusedski #20 def. Jonas Bjorkman #17

6-1 3-6 3-6 6-3 7-5

Greg Rusedski defeated Jonas Bjorkman 6-1 3-6 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the 1997 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 7, 1997*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 30m

Match Statistics

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Jonas Bjorkman
Aces	15	5
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	64	63
First serve points won %	77	71
Second serve points won %	58	61
Break points saved %	70	58
Break points converted %	42	30
Service points won %	70	67
Return points won %	33	30
Total points won %	52	48

Player Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Jonas Bjorkman
Country	GBR	SWE
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Mar 23, 1972
Age	24	25
Height	193 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	17
Ranking points (entering)	1,601	1,742
Elo (entering)	1,957	1,950
Current career W-L	417–278	395–344
Current career earnings	$8,944,841	$14,610,671

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski #20 1 – 4 Jonas Bjorkman #17

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Richard Krajicek #18	7-5 7-6(5) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1997	QF
Daniel Vacek #83	7-6(2) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1997	R16
Jens Knippschild #100	7-6(5) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1997	R32
Marcos Ondruska #112	7-6(3) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1997	R64
David Wheaton #121	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 1997	R128

Greg Rusedski's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Patrick Rafter #3	3-6 2-6 6-4 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 1997	F

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Petr Korda #16	7-6(3) 6-2 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1997	QF
Scott Draper #66	6-3 6-3 1-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1997	R16
Gustavo Kuerten #9	6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1997	R32
Todd Martin #62	7-5 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1997	R64
Francisco Clavet #50	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 1997	R128