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Kristian Pless #197 def. Taylor Dent #181

7-6(9) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 2001*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kristian Pless
Score	7-6(9) 6-4
Loser	Taylor Dent
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Kristian Pless	Taylor Dent
Aces	7	6
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	46	55
First serve points won %	88	79
Second serve points won %	74	57
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	80	69
Return points won %	31	20
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kristian Pless	Taylor Dent
Country	DEN	USA
Birth date	Feb 9, 1981	Apr 24, 1981
Age	19	19
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	197	181
Ranking points (entering)	193	209
Elo (entering)	1,515	1,580
Career W-L	43–81	148–138
Career earnings	$1,127,884	$2,563,378

Pre-match H2H

Kristian Pless 0 – 0 Taylor Dent

Path

Kristian Pless's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2001	R32	Wayne Black	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Kristian Pless's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2001	QF	Adrian Voinea	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Taylor Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2001	R32	Magnus Norman	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data