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Jonas Bjorkman #4 def. Byron Black #68

6-2 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jonas Bjorkman
Score	6-2 6-1 6-4
Loser	Byron Black
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Jonas Bjorkman	Byron Black
Aces	10	0
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	62	80
First serve points won %	88	55
Second serve points won %	60	27
Break points saved %	67	25
Break points converted %	75	33
Service points won %	77	49
Return points won %	51	23
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jonas Bjorkman	Byron Black
Country	SWE	ZIM
Birth date	Mar 23, 1972	Oct 6, 1969
Age	25	28
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	68
Ranking points (entering)	2,870	671
Elo (entering)	1,990	1,791
Career W-L	395–341	239–229
Career earnings	$14,610,671	$5,159,775

Pre-match H2H

Jonas Bjorkman 0 – 1 Byron Black

Path

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Fabrice Santoro	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Wayne Ferreira	6-7(3) 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Allen Belobrajdic	2-6 6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1998	QF	Petr Korda	6-3 7-5 3-6 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Byron Black's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Steve Campbell	6-4 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Gianluca Pozzi	6-2 5-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Felix Mantilla	6-4 6-0 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data