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Byron Black #80 def. S. Lareau #111

6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Apr 11, 1998*
Tournament	Hong Kong
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Byron Black
Score	6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(4)
Loser	S. Lareau
Duration	2h 40m

Stat	Byron Black	S. Lareau
Aces	12	12
Double faults	5	7
First serve %	55	64
First serve points won %	72	66
Second serve points won %	43	40
Break points saved %	64	50
Break points converted %	50	36
Service points won %	59	57
Return points won %	43	41
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Byron Black	S. Lareau
Country	ZIM	CAN
Birth date	Oct 6, 1969	Apr 27, 1973
Age	28	24
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	80	111
Ranking points (entering)	579	430
Elo (entering)	1,748	1,719
Career W-L	239–229	82–120
Career earnings	$5,159,775	$2,879,682

Pre-match H2H

Byron Black 1 – 0 S. Lareau

Path

Byron Black's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	QF	Gianluca Pozzi	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1998	R16	C. Vinck	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-7(3) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Byron Black's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1998	F	Kenneth Carlsen	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

S. Lareau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	QF	Oscar Burrieza	6-1 7-6(4)	W	—	Match data
Apr 10, 1998	R16	D. Nestor	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Brett Steven	6-4 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data