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Michael Chang #19 def. M. Sell #144

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 23, 1998*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Michael Chang
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	M. Sell
Duration	1h 8m

Stat	Michael Chang	M. Sell
Aces	5	0
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	46	52
First serve points won %	79	54
Second serve points won %	57	38
Break points saved %	50	58
Break points converted %	42	50
Service points won %	67	46
Return points won %	54	33
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Chang	M. Sell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 22, 1972	Aug 23, 1972
Age	26	25
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	19	144
Ranking points (entering)	1,751	329
Elo (entering)	1,840	1,461
Career W-L	648–303	6–16
Career earnings	$19,145,632	$294,371

Pre-match H2H

Michael Chang 1 – 0 M. Sell

Path

Michael Chang's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Michael Chang's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1998	R16	Martin Damm Sr	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data

M. Sell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 1998	R64	B. Bryan	7-6(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data