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Richard Krajicek#10 def. R. Gilbert#237

7-5 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 29, 1998*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	7-5 6-4 6-1
Loser	R. Gilbert
Duration	1h 54m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	R. Gilbert
Aces	11	4
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	64	61
First serve points won %	80	65
Second serve points won %	61	38
Break points saved %	80	45
Break points converted %	55	20
Service points won %	73	54
Return points won %	46	27
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	R. Gilbert
Country	NED	FRA
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Dec 12, 1968
Age	26	29
Height	196	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	237
Ranking points (entering)	2,248	170
Elo (entering)	1,977	1,549
Career W-L	408–207	67–115
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$1,143,269

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 1 – 0 R. Gilbert

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Nicolas Lapentti	6-4 6-4 6-7(2) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1998	R32	Cedric Pioline	3-6 2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

R. Gilbert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Albert Portas	6-3 6-3 2-6 2-6 11-9	W	H2H	Match data