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Fabrice Santoro #22 def. Nicolas Lapentti #64

6-4 3-6 3-6 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Fabrice Santoro
Score	6-4 3-6 3-6 6-2 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Lapentti
Duration	3h 7m

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Nicolas Lapentti
Aces	5	6
Double faults	11	5
First serve %	46	68
First serve points won %	69	67
Second serve points won %	45	40
Break points saved %	61	43
Break points converted %	57	39
Service points won %	56	59
Return points won %	41	44
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	FRA	ECU
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Aug 13, 1976
Age	25	21
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	64
Ranking points (entering)	1,480	715
Elo (entering)	1,845	1,673
Career W-L	456–432	282–280
Career earnings	$10,013,832	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro 0 – 0 Nicolas Lapentti

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	4-6 6-0 6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Jonas Bjorkman	5-7 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	5-7 6-3 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1	W	—	Match data