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Javier Sanchez #67 def. Arnaud Boetsch #20

6-4 7-6(5) 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 1996*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Javier Sanchez
Score	6-4 7-6(5) 7-6(3)
Loser	Arnaud Boetsch
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Javier Sanchez	Arnaud Boetsch
Aces	4	6
Double faults	7	9
First serve %	66	55
First serve points won %	74	75
Second serve points won %	39	32
Break points saved %	57	56
Break points converted %	44	43
Service points won %	62	56
Return points won %	44	38
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Javier Sanchez	Arnaud Boetsch
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Feb 1, 1968	Apr 1, 1969
Age	28	27
Height	177	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	67	20
Ranking points (entering)	721	1,336
Elo (entering)	1,697	1,734
Career W-L	321–328	217–196
Career earnings	$4,427,811	$3,031,247

Pre-match H2H

Javier Sanchez 0 – 4 Arnaud Boetsch

Path

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Jason Stoltenberg	6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Jim Grabb	6-2 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	David Skoch	6-2 7-6(0) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1996	QF	Michael Chang	5-7 3-6 7-6(2) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Arnaud Boetsch's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Jeff Tarango	6-4 6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Magnus Gustafsson	7-6(6) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Nicolas Pereira	7-6(4) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data