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Paul Haarhuis #85 def. Cedric Pioline #17

7-5 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 29, 1998*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Paul Haarhuis
Score	7-5 4-6 6-3
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	Paul Haarhuis	Cedric Pioline
Aces	12	3
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	59	58
First serve points won %	75	77
Second serve points won %	59	56
Break points saved %	67	40
Break points converted %	60	33
Service points won %	69	68
Return points won %	32	31
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul Haarhuis	Cedric Pioline
Country	NED	FRA
Birth date	Feb 19, 1966	Jun 15, 1969
Age	32	29
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	85	17
Ranking points (entering)	556	1,709
Elo (entering)	1,682	1,834
Career W-L	250–245	370–301
Career earnings	$7,751,962	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Paul Haarhuis 0 – 1 Cedric Pioline

Path

Paul Haarhuis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1998	QF	Sjeng Schalken	0-6 6-4 6-3	W	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 30, 1998	F	Michael Chang	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1998	QF	Thomas Muster	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1998	R16	Andrew Ilie	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1998	R32	Adrian Voinea	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data