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Justin Gimelstob #124 def. Xavier Malisse #631

6-3 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 9, 1998*
Tournament	Coral Springs
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Justin Gimelstob
Score	6-3 4-6 6-3
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	1h 46m

Stat	Justin Gimelstob	Xavier Malisse
Aces	6	4
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	56	54
First serve points won %	77	64
Second serve points won %	63	51
Break points saved %	71	80
Break points converted %	20	29
Service points won %	71	58
Return points won %	42	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Justin Gimelstob	Xavier Malisse
Country	USA	BEL
Birth date	Jan 26, 1977	Jul 19, 1980
Age	21	17
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	124	631
Ranking points (entering)	375	28
Elo (entering)	1,637	1,544
Career W-L	107–171	282–265
Career earnings	$2,575,522	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

Justin Gimelstob 0 – 0 Xavier Malisse

Path

Justin Gimelstob's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1998	R16	Wayne Black	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1998	R32	Grant Stafford	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Justin Gimelstob's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1998	SF	Andrew Ilie	6-4 1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1998	R16	Mikael Tillstrom	6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1998	R32	John Van Lottum	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data