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Thomas Enqvist #21 def. Nicolas Lapentti #91

6-3 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 31, 1999*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Thomas Enqvist
Score	6-3 7-5 6-1
Loser	Nicolas Lapentti
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Thomas Enqvist	Nicolas Lapentti
Aces	11	10
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	72	64
First serve points won %	71	68
Second serve points won %	64	21
Break points saved %	71	65
Break points converted %	35	29
Service points won %	69	51
Return points won %	49	31
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Enqvist	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	SWE	ECU
Birth date	Mar 13, 1974	Aug 13, 1976
Age	24	22
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	91
Ranking points (entering)	1,608	545
Elo (entering)	2,004	1,748
Career W-L	422–281	282–280
Career earnings	$10,461,641	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Enqvist 0 – 0 Nicolas Lapentti

Path

Thomas Enqvist's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1999	QF	Marc Rosset	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-2 6-4 6-7(3) 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1999	R32	Patrick Rafter	6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Byron Black	7-6(6) 7-6(2) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-3 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Enqvist's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1999	F	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 0-6 3-6 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1999	QF	Karol Kucera	7-6(4) 6-7(6) 6-2 0-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Andrew Ilie	6-4 6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1999	R32	Mikael Tillstrom	4-6 7-6(9) 2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Magnus Norman	7-6(4) 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Thomas Johansson	6-3 3-6 3-6 7-6(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data