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Lionel Roux #62 def. Jan Apell #243

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Lionel Roux
Score	6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-3
Loser	Jan Apell
Duration	3h 2m

Stat	Lionel Roux	Jan Apell
Aces	14	13
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	64	59
First serve points won %	77	74
Second serve points won %	46	49
Break points saved %	64	54
Break points converted %	46	36
Service points won %	66	64
Return points won %	36	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lionel Roux	Jan Apell
Country	FRA	SWE
Birth date	Apr 12, 1973	Nov 4, 1969
Age	24	28
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	62	243
Ranking points (entering)	721	167
Elo (entering)	1,672	1,647
Career W-L	76–116	44–67
Career earnings	$1,255,648	$1,404,957

Pre-match H2H

Lionel Roux 0 – 0 Jan Apell

Path

Lionel Roux's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Tomas Nydahl	6-3 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Lionel Roux's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Karim Alami	7-6(2) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Apell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Thomas Muster	6-4 7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data