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Filip Dewulf #122 def. Magnus Norman #65

6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 6, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Filip Dewulf
Score	6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 6-3
Loser	Magnus Norman
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Filip Dewulf	Magnus Norman
Aces	4	23
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	56	62
First serve points won %	70	72
Second serve points won %	54	46
Break points saved %	70	53
Break points converted %	47	30
Service points won %	63	62
Return points won %	38	37
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Filip Dewulf	Magnus Norman
Country	BEL	SWE
Birth date	Mar 15, 1972	May 30, 1976
Age	25	21
Height	190	187
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	122	65
Ranking points (entering)	363	740
Elo (entering)	1,704	1,851
Career W-L	85–109	234–163
Career earnings	$1,503,987	$4,537,247

Pre-match H2H

Filip Dewulf 0 – 0 Magnus Norman

Path

Filip Dewulf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1997	R16	Alex Corretja	5-7 6-1 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Albert Portas	6-3 7-6(5) 4-6 6-7(6) 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Fernando Meligeni	6-4 6-2 3-6 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Cristiano Caratti	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Filip Dewulf's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1997	SF	Gustavo Kuerten	1-6 6-3 1-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Magnus Norman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1997	R16	Marc Rosset	4-6 6-3 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Pete Sampras	6-2 6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Leander Paes	6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Greg Rusedski	6-3 6-2 3-6 4-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data