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Andrei Pavel #53 def. Paul Goldstein #187

3-6 6-3 2-6 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 1999*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Andrei Pavel
Score	3-6 6-3 2-6 7-5 6-3
Loser	Paul Goldstein
Duration	3h 10m

Stat	Andrei Pavel	Paul Goldstein
Aces	10	5
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	75	65
First serve points won %	60	62
Second serve points won %	49	47
Break points saved %	63	47
Break points converted %	53	37
Service points won %	57	57
Return points won %	43	43
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andrei Pavel	Paul Goldstein
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1974	Aug 4, 1976
Age	24	22
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	53	187
Ranking points (entering)	812	245
Elo (entering)	1,682	1,542
Career W-L	249–248	85–115
Career earnings	$5,225,028	$1,620,456

Pre-match H2H

Andrei Pavel 0 – 0 Paul Goldstein

Path

Andrei Pavel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Stephane Huet	6-4 1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Javier Sanchez	7-6(5) 6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Andrei Pavel's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3-6 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Paul Goldstein's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Greg Rusedski	6-4 6-7(9) 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Kenneth Carlsen	2-6 6-3 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data