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Nicolas Kiefer #71 def. A. Radulescu #77

6-3 2-6 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Sep 27, 1997*
Tournament	Toulouse
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	6-3 2-6 7-6(6)
Loser	A. Radulescu
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	A. Radulescu
Aces	7	13
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	67	50
First serve points won %	71	84
Second serve points won %	52	44
Break points saved %	57	50
Break points converted %	50	43
Service points won %	65	64
Return points won %	36	35
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	A. Radulescu
Country	GER	GER
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Dec 7, 1974
Age	20	22
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	71	77
Ranking points (entering)	670	640
Elo (entering)	1,735	1,725
Career W-L	343–252	40–56
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$698,887

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 0 – 0 A. Radulescu

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1997	QF	Guillaume Raoux	6-2 6-7(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1997	R16	Tim Henman	4-6 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1997	R32	P. Fredriksson	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1997	F	Mark Philippoussis	7-5 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

A. Radulescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1997	QF	Tommy Haas	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1997	R16	Fabrice Santoro	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1997	R32	Nicolas Escude	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data