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Grant Stafford #73 def. Fernando Meligeni #72

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 1997*
Tournament	Orlando
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Grant Stafford
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Fernando Meligeni
Duration	1h 16m

Stat	Grant Stafford	Fernando Meligeni
Aces	4	2
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	52	66
First serve points won %	74	55
Second serve points won %	71	42
Break points saved %	33	44
Break points converted %	56	67
Service points won %	73	51
Return points won %	49	27
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Grant Stafford	Fernando Meligeni
Country	RSA	BRA
Birth date	May 27, 1971	Apr 12, 1971
Age	25	26
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	73	72
Ranking points (entering)	637	638
Elo (entering)	1,674	1,702
Career W-L	83–111	185–199
Career earnings	$1,307,208	$2,555,367

Pre-match H2H

Grant Stafford 1 – 0 Fernando Meligeni

Path

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1997	R16	Sandon Stolle	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Thierry Champion	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Grant Stafford's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1997	SF	Chris Woodruff	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Meligeni's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1997	R16	Martin Rodriguez	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Mark Merklein	7-6(3) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data