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Tim Henman #19 def. Albert Portas #35

7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 1998*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Albert Portas
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Tim Henman	Albert Portas
Aces	8	7
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	58	57
First serve points won %	81	62
Second serve points won %	69	54
Break points saved %	50	80
Break points converted %	20	50
Service points won %	76	58
Return points won %	42	24
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Albert Portas
Country	GBR	ESP
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Nov 15, 1973
Age	23	24
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	19	35
Ranking points (entering)	1,622	1,083
Elo (entering)	1,908	1,646
Career W-L	468–260	142–198
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$2,972,633

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 0 – 0 Albert Portas

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1998	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	QF	Thomas Enqvist	3-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Portas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1998	R32	Magnus Norman	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data