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Michael Chang #2 def. Brett Steven #83

6-2 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jul 19, 1997*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Michael Chang
Score	6-2 7-6(4)
Loser	Brett Steven
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Michael Chang	Brett Steven
Aces	3	4
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	49	56
First serve points won %	84	65
Second serve points won %	62	50
Break points saved %	83	62
Break points converted %	38	17
Service points won %	73	59
Return points won %	41	27
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Chang	Brett Steven
Country	USA	NZL
Birth date	Feb 22, 1972	Apr 27, 1969
Age	25	28
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	83
Ranking points (entering)	3,768	616
Elo (entering)	1,953	1,812
Career W-L	648–303	157–152
Career earnings	$19,145,632	$2,439,714

Pre-match H2H

Michael Chang 1 – 0 Brett Steven

Path

Michael Chang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1997	QF	Scott Draper	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1997	R16	Michael Joyce	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 17, 1997	R32	Luis Herrera	6-3 6-7(9) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Chang's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1997	F	Petr Korda	5-7 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Brett Steven's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1997	QF	Rainer Schuettler	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1997	R16	Luke Smith	7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1997	R32	Andrei Merinov	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1997	R64	Luke Jensen	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data