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Tim Henman #20 def. Grant Stafford #72

3-6 6-3 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Jun 21, 1997*
Tournament	Nottingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	3-6 6-3 7-6(6)
Loser	Grant Stafford

Stat	Tim Henman	Grant Stafford
Aces	14	8
Double faults	7	4
First serve %	53	56
First serve points won %	88	74
Second serve points won %	39	52
Break points saved %	40	40
Break points converted %	60	60
Service points won %	65	64
Return points won %	36	35
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Grant Stafford
Country	GBR	RSA
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	May 27, 1971
Age	22	26
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	20	72
Ranking points (entering)	1,570	659
Elo (entering)	1,762	1,690
Career W-L	468–260	83–111
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$1,307,208

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 0 – 0 Grant Stafford

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1997	R16	Richard Fromberg	6-4 6-7(7) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1997	R32	Andrew Richardson	6-3 6-7(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1997	SF	Karol Kucera	4-6 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1997	R16	Jan Siemerink	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1997	R32	Daniel Nestor	6-1 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data