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Sjeng Schalken #12 def. Rainer Schuettler #8

6-1 4-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 2003*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Sjeng Schalken
Score	6-1 4-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Rainer Schuettler
Duration	2h 31m

Stat	Sjeng Schalken	Rainer Schuettler
Aces	3	10
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	68	52
First serve points won %	66	64
Second serve points won %	71	48
Break points saved %	71	54
Break points converted %	46	29
Service points won %	68	56
Return points won %	44	32
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sjeng Schalken	Rainer Schuettler
Country	NED	GER
Birth date	Sep 8, 1976	—
Age	26	—
Height	193	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	12	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,715	2,270
Elo (entering)	1,876	1,927
Career W-L	280–254	313–323
Career earnings	$5,192,798	$7,407,508

Pre-match H2H

Sjeng Schalken 1 – 1 Rainer Schuettler

Path

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2003	R32	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(8) 7-6(5) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2003	R64	Lars Burgsmuller	4-6 2-6 6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2003	R128	Julien Boutter	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2003	QF	Andy Roddick	4-6 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rainer Schuettler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2003	R32	Alberto Martin	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2003	R64	Nicolas Kiefer	6-1 7-5 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2003	R128	Wayne Arthurs	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data