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Michael Chang #5 def. Kenneth Carlsen #73

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 20, 1996*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Michael Chang
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Kenneth Carlsen
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Michael Chang	Kenneth Carlsen
Aces	7	3
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	56	56
First serve points won %	87	60
Second serve points won %	62	52
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	76	56
Return points won %	44	24
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Chang	Kenneth Carlsen
Country	USA	DEN
Birth date	Feb 22, 1972	Apr 17, 1973
Age	24	23
Height	175	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	5	73
Ranking points (entering)	3,162	660
Elo (entering)	1,978	1,679
Career W-L	648–303	239–273
Career earnings	$19,145,632	$2,990,980

Pre-match H2H

Michael Chang 4 – 1 Kenneth Carlsen

Path

Michael Chang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1996	QF	Paul Haarhuis	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1996	R16	Vincent Spadea	6-3 5-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1996	R32	Geoff Grant	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Chang's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1996	F	Wayne Ferreira	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kenneth Carlsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1996	QF	Neville Godwin	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1996	R16	Albert Costa	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1996	R32	Sebastien Lareau	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1996	R64	Andrea Gaudenzi	4-6 6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data