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Rainer Schuettler#115 def. A. Merinov#177

6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	Feb 6, 1998*
Tournament	Split
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Rainer Schuettler
Score	6-1 6-0
Loser	A. Merinov
Duration	53m

Stat	Rainer Schuettler	A. Merinov
Aces	1	0
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	59	74
First serve points won %	77	45
Second serve points won %	67	10
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	73	36
Return points won %	64	27
Total points won %	69	31

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rainer Schuettler	A. Merinov
Country	GER	RUS
Birth date	—	Jun 23, 1971
Age	—	26
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	115	177
Ranking points (entering)	422	241
Elo (entering)	1,595	1,524
Career W-L	313–323	6–10
Career earnings	$7,407,508	$185,632

Pre-match H2H

Rainer Schuettler 0 – 0 A. Merinov

Path

Rainer Schuettler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1998	R32	Tim Henman	6-3 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rainer Schuettler's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1998	QF	Marc Rosset	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

A. Merinov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1998	R32	I. Moldovan	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data