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L. Paes #130 def. G. Solves #155

6-7(3) 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 11, 1998*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	L. Paes
Score	6-7(3) 6-4 7-5
Loser	G. Solves
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	L. Paes	G. Solves
Aces	4	4
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	53	62
First serve points won %	71	70
Second serve points won %	60	52
Break points saved %	50	73
Break points converted %	27	50
Service points won %	66	63
Return points won %	37	34
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	L. Paes	G. Solves
Country	IND	FRA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1973	Apr 7, 1968
Age	24	30
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	130	155
Ranking points (entering)	360	290
Elo (entering)	1,624	1,576
Career W-L	48–74	21–36
Career earnings	$8,587,586	$403,190

Pre-match H2H

L. Paes 0 – 0 G. Solves

Path

L. Paes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1998	R16	Jerome Golmard	7-6(4) 2-6 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Bjorn Phau	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

L. Paes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	SF	Patrick Rafter	3-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

G. Solves's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1998	R16	Boris Becker	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Jeff Salzenstein	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data