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Grant Stafford #114 def. D. Nainkin #175

1-6 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 13, 1996*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Grant Stafford
Score	1-6 6-4 6-1
Loser	D. Nainkin
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Grant Stafford	D. Nainkin
Aces	5	2
Double faults	7	8
First serve %	60	59
First serve points won %	60	59
Second serve points won %	37	31
Break points saved %	54	36
Break points converted %	64	46
Service points won %	51	47
Return points won %	53	49
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Grant Stafford	D. Nainkin
Country	RSA	RSA
Birth date	May 27, 1971	Sep 20, 1970
Age	25	25
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	114	175
Ranking points (entering)	419	236
Elo (entering)	1,550	1,540
Career W-L	83–111	26–43
Career earnings	$1,307,208	$501,132

Pre-match H2H

Grant Stafford 0 – 0 D. Nainkin

Path

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1996	R16	Laurence Tieleman	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1996	R32	O. Ogorodov	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Grant Stafford's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1996	SF	D. Nestor	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

D. Nainkin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1996	R16	D. Dilucia	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1996	R32	P. Norval	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data