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N. Pereira #95 def. Grant Stafford #114

4-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 14, 1996*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	N. Pereira
Score	4-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Grant Stafford
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	N. Pereira	Grant Stafford
Aces	4	8
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	59	63
First serve points won %	71	73
Second serve points won %	44	33
Break points saved %	50	44
Break points converted %	56	50
Service points won %	60	59
Return points won %	41	40
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	N. Pereira	Grant Stafford
Country	VEN	RSA
Birth date	Sep 29, 1970	May 27, 1971
Age	25	25
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	95	114
Ranking points (entering)	496	419
Elo (entering)	1,658	1,584
Career W-L	63–114	83–111
Career earnings	$1,077,159	$1,307,208

Pre-match H2H

N. Pereira 0 – 0 Grant Stafford

Path

N. Pereira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1996	SF	L. Paes	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1996	QF	A. Olhovskiy	3-6 7-6(1) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1996	R16	Michael Joyce	6-4 1-0 (ret.)	W	—	Match data
Jul 11, 1996	R32	Jonathan Stark	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

N. Pereira's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1996	SF	D. Nestor	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1996	QF	D. Nainkin	1-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1996	R16	Laurence Tieleman	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1996	R32	O. Ogorodov	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data