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L. Paes #110 def. Arnaud Boetsch #31

6-4 6-0 2-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Aug 29, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	L. Paes
Score	6-4 6-0 2-1 (ret.)
Loser	Arnaud Boetsch
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	L. Paes	Arnaud Boetsch
Aces	3	1
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	70	61
First serve points won %	69	59
Second serve points won %	53	33
Break points saved %	100	38
Break points converted %	62	0
Service points won %	64	49
Return points won %	51	36
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	L. Paes	Arnaud Boetsch
Country	IND	FRA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1973	Apr 1, 1969
Age	24	28
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	110	31
Ranking points (entering)	414	1,096
Elo (entering)	1,595	1,714
Career W-L	48–74	217–196
Career earnings	$8,587,586	$3,031,247

Pre-match H2H

L. Paes 0 – 0 Arnaud Boetsch

Path

L. Paes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Carlos Costa	6-1 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

L. Paes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Cedric Pioline	6-3 6-7 6-1 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Arnaud Boetsch's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Albert Costa	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data