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Paul Haarhuis #85 def. Sjeng Schalken #86

0-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 29, 1998*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Paul Haarhuis
Score	0-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Sjeng Schalken
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Paul Haarhuis	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	8	6
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	49	64
First serve points won %	70	82
Second serve points won %	46	29
Break points saved %	70	50
Break points converted %	50	30
Service points won %	58	62
Return points won %	38	42
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul Haarhuis	Sjeng Schalken
Country	NED	NED
Birth date	Feb 19, 1966	Sep 8, 1976
Age	32	21
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	85	86
Ranking points (entering)	556	556
Elo (entering)	1,668	1,626
Career W-L	250–245	280–254
Career earnings	$7,751,962	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

Paul Haarhuis 0 – 0 Sjeng Schalken

Path

Paul Haarhuis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1998	R16	Jiri Novak	6-1 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1998	R32	Lucas Arnold Ker	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Haarhuis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1998	SF	Cedric Pioline	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1998	R16	Jeff Tarango	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1998	R32	Davide Sanguinetti	7-6(3) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data