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Alexander Volkov #78 def. Mikael Tillstrom #40

1-6 6-4 6-1 4-6 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	Aug 30, 1996*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Alexander Volkov
Score	1-6 6-4 6-1 4-6 7-6(8)
Loser	Mikael Tillstrom
Duration	2h 37m

Stat	Alexander Volkov	Mikael Tillstrom
Aces	7	5
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	43	52
First serve points won %	76	68
Second serve points won %	49	50
Break points saved %	25	54
Break points converted %	46	75
Service points won %	61	60
Return points won %	40	39
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Volkov	Mikael Tillstrom
Country	RUS	SWE
Birth date	Mar 3, 1967	Mar 5, 1972
Age	29	24
Height	188	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	78	40
Ranking points (entering)	595	952
Elo (entering)	1,694	1,793
Career W-L	291–245	107–108
Career earnings	$3,362,840	$2,030,525

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Volkov 0 – 2 Mikael Tillstrom

Path

Alexander Volkov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Magnus Larsson	6-7(5) 6-4 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Volkov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Pete Sampras	3-6 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mikael Tillstrom's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Tamer El Sawy	1-6 7-6(7) 6-1 3-6 6-4	W	—	Match data