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Darren Cahill #52 def. A. Cherkasov #20

4-6 2-6 6-3 7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 1991*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Darren Cahill
Score	4-6 2-6 6-3 7-5 7-5
Loser	A. Cherkasov
Duration	3h 42m

Stat	Darren Cahill	A. Cherkasov
Aces	10	4
Double faults	8	4
First serve %	59	58
First serve points won %	69	67
Second serve points won %	43	56
Break points saved %	79	60
Break points converted %	40	21
Service points won %	58	63
Return points won %	37	42
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Darren Cahill	A. Cherkasov
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	Oct 2, 1965	Jul 4, 1970
Age	25	20
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	52	20
Ranking points (entering)	571	1,013
Elo (entering)	1,834	1,868
Career W-L	131–115	170–198
Career earnings	$1,349,247	$2,260,281

Pre-match H2H

Darren Cahill 0 – 0 A. Cherkasov

Path

Darren Cahill's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1991	R128	J. Canter	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Darren Cahill's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1991	R32	Richard Krajicek	7-6(5) 3-6 3-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

A. Cherkasov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1991	R128	D. Rostagno	3-6 6-4 6-1 4-6 10-8	W	H2H	Match data