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Greg Rusedski #9 def. Cedric Pioline #18

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

Match Information

Date	Feb 20, 1999*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(5)
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Cedric Pioline
Aces	26	8
Double faults	8	5
First serve %	61	64
First serve points won %	89	79
Second serve points won %	59	57
Break points saved %	67	100
Break points converted %	0	33
Service points won %	78	71
Return points won %	29	22
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Cedric Pioline
Country	GBR	FRA
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Jun 15, 1969
Age	25	29
Height	193	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	18
Ranking points (entering)	2,469	1,691
Elo (entering)	1,924	1,801
Career W-L	415–276	370–301
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 0 – 1 Cedric Pioline

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1999	R16	Edwin Kempes	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1999	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(5) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1999	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1999	R16	Richard Krajicek	7-6(5) 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1999	R32	Paul Haarhuis	3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data