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Mikael Tillstrom #61 def. Andrei Pavel #133

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 12, 1997*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Mikael Tillstrom
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Andrei Pavel
Duration	1h 4m

Stat	Mikael Tillstrom	Andrei Pavel
Aces	3	2
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	58	47
First serve points won %	86	79
Second serve points won %	55	29
Break points saved %	0	33
Break points converted %	67	100
Service points won %	73	53
Return points won %	47	27
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mikael Tillstrom	Andrei Pavel
Country	SWE	ROU
Birth date	Mar 5, 1972	Jan 27, 1974
Age	25	23
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	61	133
Ranking points (entering)	772	325
Elo (entering)	1,774	1,606
Career W-L	107–108	249–248
Career earnings	$2,030,525	$5,225,028

Pre-match H2H

Mikael Tillstrom 0 – 0 Andrei Pavel

Path

Mikael Tillstrom's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1997	QF	Jonathan Stark	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1997	R16	Olivier Delaitre	6-1 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1997	R32	Tamer El Sawy	5-7 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data

Mikael Tillstrom's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 1997	F	Alex Radulescu	6-4 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Andrei Pavel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1997	QF	Magnus Norman	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1997	R16	Richard Krajicek	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1997	R32	Jerome Golmard	6-3 3-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data