F Newport 1996

Nicolas Pereira #95 def. Grant Stafford #114

4-6 6-4 6-4

Nicolas Pereira defeated Grant Stafford 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1996 Newport final on grass courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatNicolas PereiraGrant Stafford
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
48
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
51
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
58.5%63.4%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
70.9%73.1%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
43.6%33.3%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%44.4%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
59.6%58.5%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
55.6%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
41.5%40.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
51.1%48.9%
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.
-2.3-3.3
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.
+3.3+2.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1996 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldNicolas PereiraGrant Stafford
Country VEN RSA
Birth dateSep 29, 1970May 27, 1971
Age2525
Height188 cm188 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)95114
Ranking points (entering)496419
Elo (entering)1,6591,585
Current career W-L64–11583–111
Current career earnings$1,077,159$1,307,208
Pre-match H2H
Nicolas Pereira #95 0 0 Grant Stafford #114

Path

Nicolas Pereira's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Leander Paes #1456-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataJul 13, 1996SF
Andrei Olhovskiy #1093-6 7-6(1) 7-6(4)WH2HMatch dataJul 13, 1996QF
Michael Joyce 6-4 1-0WMatch dataJul 12, 1996R16
Jonathan Stark #1067-5 6-3WH2HMatch dataJul 11, 1996R32

Nicolas Pereira's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Grant Stafford's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Daniel Nestor #1336-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJul 13, 1996SF
David Nainkin #1751-6 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch dataJul 13, 1996QF
Laurence Tieleman #1537-6(4) 6-2WH2HMatch dataJul 12, 1996R16
Oleg Ogorodov #1176-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataJul 11, 1996R32