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Javier Sanchez #67 def. Jim Grabb #222

6-2 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 30, 1996*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Javier Sanchez
Score	6-2 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3
Loser	Jim Grabb
Duration	2h 25m

Stat	Javier Sanchez	Jim Grabb
Aces	5	7
Double faults	12	11
First serve %	53	56
First serve points won %	83	73
Second serve points won %	43	38
Break points saved %	40	50
Break points converted %	50	60
Service points won %	64	58
Return points won %	42	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Javier Sanchez	Jim Grabb
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Feb 1, 1968	Apr 14, 1964
Age	28	32
Height	177	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	67	222
Ranking points (entering)	721	174
Elo (entering)	1,641	1,589
Career W-L	321–328	179–199
Career earnings	$4,427,811	$3,274,155

Pre-match H2H

Javier Sanchez 1 – 0 Jim Grabb

Path

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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 1, 1996	R32	Jason Stoltenberg	6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Grabb's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Sandon Stolle	6-3 7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data