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Taylor Dent #96 def. Alexander Popp #100

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 13, 2002*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Taylor Dent
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Alexander Popp
Duration	58m

Stat	Taylor Dent	Alexander Popp
Aces	6	1
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	61	56
First serve points won %	74	59
Second serve points won %	59	38
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	68	50
Return points won %	50	32
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Taylor Dent	Alexander Popp
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Apr 24, 1981	Nov 4, 1976
Age	21	25
Height	188	201
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	96	100
Ranking points (entering)	386	380
Elo (entering)	1,634	1,634
Career W-L	148–138	45–65
Career earnings	$2,563,378	$976,038

Pre-match H2H

Taylor Dent 0 – 0 Alexander Popp

Path

Taylor Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2002	R16	Jeff Morrison	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 2002	R32	Mario Ancic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Taylor Dent's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 2002	SF	Robby Ginepri	3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Popp's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2002	R16	Michael Kohlmann	1-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 2002	R32	Axel Pretzsch	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data