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Tommy Haas #79 def. M. Merklein #187

6-4 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 17, 1997*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Tommy Haas
Score	6-4 2-6 6-3
Loser	M. Merklein
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	Tommy Haas	M. Merklein
Aces	10	14
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	55	53
First serve points won %	69	71
Second serve points won %	62	53
Break points saved %	0	40
Break points converted %	60	100
Service points won %	66	62
Return points won %	38	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tommy Haas	M. Merklein
Country	GER	BAH
Birth date	Apr 3, 1978	Jun 28, 1972
Age	19	25
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	79	187
Ranking points (entering)	632	223
Elo (entering)	1,690	1,490
Career W-L	533–330	3–12
Career earnings	$13,609,987	$502,870

Pre-match H2H

Tommy Haas 0 – 0 M. Merklein

Path

Tommy Haas's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Tommy Haas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1997	R16	Kenneth Carlsen	6-7(6) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

M. Merklein's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1997	R64	Jeff Salzenstein	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data