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M. Ruah #247 def. Sjeng Schalken #51

3-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 23, 1998*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	M. Ruah
Score	3-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Sjeng Schalken
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	M. Ruah	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	4	7
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	57	53
First serve points won %	67	71
Second serve points won %	56	47
Break points saved %	75	64
Break points converted %	36	25
Service points won %	63	59
Return points won %	41	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Ruah	Sjeng Schalken
Country	VEN	NED
Birth date	Feb 19, 1971	Sep 8, 1976
Age	27	21
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	247	51
Ranking points (entering)	163	827
Elo (entering)	1,467	1,640
Career W-L	20–38	280–254
Career earnings	$542,546	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

M. Ruah 0 – 0 Sjeng Schalken

Path

M. Ruah's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 1998	R64	P. Harsanyi	6-0 6-7(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

M. Ruah's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1998	R16	S. Lareau	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's path

No prior matches in this tournament.