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Richard Krajicek #15 def. Jonas Bjorkman #13

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 26, 1997*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Jonas Bjorkman
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Jonas Bjorkman
Aces	21	2
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	62	56
First serve points won %	91	72
Second serve points won %	48	68
Break points saved %	80	71
Break points converted %	29	20
Service points won %	75	70
Return points won %	30	25
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Jonas Bjorkman
Country	NED	SWE
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Mar 23, 1972
Age	25	25
Height	196	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	13
Ranking points (entering)	1,999	2,182
Elo (entering)	1,966	1,950
Career W-L	408–207	395–341
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$14,610,671

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 2 – 0 Jonas Bjorkman

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1997	QF	Magnus Larsson	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1997	R16	Pete Sampras	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1997	R32	Boris Becker	7-6(10) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1997	F	Petr Korda	6-7(6) 2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1997	QF	Nicolas Kiefer	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1997	R16	Tim Henman	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1997	R32	Jan Siemerink	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data