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Magnus Gustafsson #47 def. Kenneth Carlsen #90

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 1997*
Tournament	Beijing
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Magnus Gustafsson
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Kenneth Carlsen
Duration	1h 9m

Stat	Magnus Gustafsson	Kenneth Carlsen
Aces	4	6
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	73	63
First serve points won %	79	62
Second serve points won %	64	43
Break points saved %	100	40
Break points converted %	60	0
Service points won %	75	55
Return points won %	45	25
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Magnus Gustafsson	Kenneth Carlsen
Country	SWE	DEN
Birth date	Jan 3, 1967	Apr 17, 1973
Age	30	24
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	47	90
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,763	1,680
Career W-L	394–252	239–273
Career earnings	$4,545,489	$2,990,980

Pre-match H2H

Magnus Gustafsson 0 – 1 Kenneth Carlsen

Path

Magnus Gustafsson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Byron Black	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	David Rikl	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Martin Sinner	7-6(3) 1-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Magnus Gustafsson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1997	F	Jim Courier	6-7(10) 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kenneth Carlsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Alex Obrien	7-5 5-7 7-6(4)	W	—	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Mikael Tillstrom	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data