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Xavier Malisse #631 def. Mikael Tillstrom #79

6-4 5-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 8, 1998*
Tournament	Coral Springs
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Xavier Malisse
Score	6-4 5-7 6-3
Loser	Mikael Tillstrom
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Xavier Malisse	Mikael Tillstrom
Aces	3	3
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	46	49
First serve points won %	68	75
Second serve points won %	51	37
Break points saved %	60	62
Break points converted %	38	40
Service points won %	59	55
Return points won %	45	41
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Xavier Malisse	Mikael Tillstrom
Country	BEL	SWE
Birth date	Jul 19, 1980	Mar 5, 1972
Age	17	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	631	79
Ranking points (entering)	28	591
Elo (entering)	1,520	1,705
Career W-L	282–265	107–108
Career earnings	$5,702,871	$2,030,525

Pre-match H2H

Xavier Malisse 0 – 0 Mikael Tillstrom

Path

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1998	R32	John Van Lottum	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

Xavier Malisse's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1998	QF	Justin Gimelstob	3-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mikael Tillstrom's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1998	R32	Sandon Stolle	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data