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Mark Woodforde #79 def. Alexander Volkov #87

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

Match Information

Date	May 30, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Mark Woodforde
Score	7-6(5) 6-3 7-5
Loser	Alexander Volkov
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Mark Woodforde	Alexander Volkov
Aces	11	5
Double faults	8	12
First serve %	51	44
First serve points won %	80	65
Second serve points won %	46	42
Break points saved %	67	62
Break points converted %	38	33
Service points won %	63	52
Return points won %	48	37
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Woodforde	Alexander Volkov
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	Sep 23, 1965	Mar 3, 1967
Age	31	30
Height	188	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	79	87
Ranking points (entering)	603	547
Elo (entering)	1,732	1,688
Career W-L	313–294	291–245
Career earnings	$8,551,305	$3,362,840

Pre-match H2H

Mark Woodforde 3 – 0 Alexander Volkov

Path

Mark Woodforde's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Javier Sanchez	5-7 7-6(6) 6-7(10) 6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Woodforde's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Albert Costa	6-4 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Volkov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Daniel Nestor	6-1 6-1 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data