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Byron Black #87 def. Mark Kaplan #171

6-4 4-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 1994*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Byron Black
Score	6-4 4-1
Loser	Mark Kaplan
Duration	55m

Stat	Byron Black	Mark Kaplan
Aces	7	4
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	61	50
First serve points won %	89	71
Second serve points won %	67	48
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	80	60
Return points won %	40	20
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Byron Black	Mark Kaplan
Country	ZIM	RSA
Birth date	Oct 6, 1969	Dec 20, 1967
Age	24	26
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	87	171
Ranking points (entering)	507	236
Elo (entering)	1,645	1,515
Career W-L	239–229	11–21
Career earnings	$5,159,775	$189,570

Pre-match H2H

Byron Black 0 – 0 Mark Kaplan

Path

Byron Black's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 1994	R16	Michael Tebbutt	2-6 7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1994	R32	Jim Grabb	7-6(2) 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Byron Black's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1994	SF	Todd Woodbridge	6-4 4-6 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data

Mark Kaplan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 1994	R16	Jamie Morgan	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1994	R32	Kenny Thorne	7-6(6) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data