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Kristian Pless #85 def. Eric Taino #199

6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 28, 2002*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	Kristian Pless
Score	6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 6-1
Loser	Eric Taino
Duration	2h 13m

Stat	Kristian Pless	Eric Taino
Aces	13	6
Double faults	7	3
First serve %	52	51
First serve points won %	79	48
Second serve points won %	57	56
Break points saved %	80	56
Break points converted %	44	20
Service points won %	69	52
Return points won %	48	31
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kristian Pless	Eric Taino
Country	DEN	PHI
Birth date	Feb 9, 1981	Mar 18, 1975
Age	21	27
Height	188	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	85	199
Ranking points (entering)	464	172
Elo (entering)	1,574	1,551
Career W-L	43–81	11–18
Career earnings	$1,127,884	$542,367

Pre-match H2H

Kristian Pless 0 – 1 Eric Taino

Path

Kristian Pless's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Kristian Pless's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2002	R64	Pete Sampras	3-6 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Eric Taino's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2002	Q3	Danai Udomchoke	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2002	Q2	Bjorn Phau	6-2 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2002	Q1	Jeff Salzenstein	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data