Sjeng Schalken def. Nicolas Lapentti, 2000 Japan Open Final

Match Information

Date: Oct 15, 2000*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 2000
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 1h 54m

Match Statistics

Stat	Sjeng Schalken	Nicolas Lapentti
Serving
Aces Serves that land in and are not touched by the returner.	0	5
Double faults Service points lost by missing both first and second serve.	2	2
First serve % Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.	57.3%	53.9%
First serve points won % Percentage of points won after making a first serve.	65.1%	58.5%
Second serve points won % Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.	59.4%	54.3%
Break points saved % Percentage of break points won by the server.	62.5%	58.3%
Service points won % Percentage of all points won while serving.	62.7%	56.6%
Returning
Break points converted % Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.	41.7%	37.5%
Return points won % Percentage of all points won while returning.	43.4%	37.3%
Overall
Total points won % Percentage of all completed points won.	53.0%	47.0%
Match Serve+ This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.	+0.5	-5.6
Match Return+ This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.	+5.6	-0.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2000 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Sjeng Schalken	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	NED	ECU
Birth date	Sep 8, 1976	Aug 13, 1976
Age	24	24
Height	193 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	51	16
Ranking points (entering)	766	1,378
Elo (entering)	1,775	1,793
Current career W-L	280–254	282–283
Current career earnings	$5,192,798	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Sjeng Schalken #51 2 – 1 Nicolas Lapentti #16

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Path

Sjeng Schalken's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hicham Arazi #41	4-6 6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2000	SF
Mark Philippoussis #14	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2000	QF
Cecil Mamiit #130	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 2000	R16
Sergi Bruguera #91	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 2000	R32
Paradorn Srichaphan #95	7-5 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 2000	R64

Sjeng Schalken's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dominik Hrbaty #33	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2000	SF
Byron Black #32	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2000	QF
Jonas Bjorkman #59	4-6 7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 2000	R16
Olivier Rochus #75	7-6(6) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 2000	R32