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Martin Sinner #100 def. Kenneth Carlsen #92

5-7 6-3 7-6(0)

Match Information

Date	Feb 7, 1998*
Tournament	Split
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Martin Sinner
Score	5-7 6-3 7-6(0)
Loser	Kenneth Carlsen
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Martin Sinner	Kenneth Carlsen
Aces	11	28
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	63	57
First serve points won %	83	83
Second serve points won %	57	39
Break points saved %	67	86
Break points converted %	14	33
Service points won %	73	64
Return points won %	36	27
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martin Sinner	Kenneth Carlsen
Country	GER	DEN
Birth date	Feb 7, 1968	Apr 17, 1973
Age	30	24
Height	180	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	100	92
Ranking points (entering)	499	523
Elo (entering)	1,603	1,686
Career W-L	49–78	239–273
Career earnings	$896,974	$2,990,980

Pre-match H2H

Martin Sinner 1 – 0 Kenneth Carlsen

Path

Martin Sinner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 1998	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1998	R32	Thomas Johansson	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Martin Sinner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1998	SF	Goran Ivanisevic	3-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Kenneth Carlsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 1998	R16	Andrei Medvedev	6-3 6-7(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1998	R32	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data