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Cedric Pioline #41 def. Richard Fromberg #90

6-4 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 3, 1997*
Tournament	Prague
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Cedric Pioline
Score	6-4 4-6 6-2
Loser	Richard Fromberg
Duration	2h 15m

Stat	Cedric Pioline	Richard Fromberg
Aces	3	11
Double faults	2	9
First serve %	57	58
First serve points won %	68	69
Second serve points won %	63	37
Break points saved %	50	79
Break points converted %	21	50
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cedric Pioline	Richard Fromberg
Country	FRA	AUS
Birth date	Jun 15, 1969	Apr 28, 1970
Age	27	27
Height	188	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	41	90
Ranking points (entering)	1,028	522
Elo (entering)	1,821	1,647
Career W-L	370–301	247–282
Career earnings	$6,921,029	$2,605,740

Pre-match H2H

Cedric Pioline 1 – 0 Richard Fromberg

Path

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1997	R16	Jan Kroslak	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data
May 1, 1997	R32	Karol Kucera	7-5 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1997	SF	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	6-3 6-7(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Fromberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1997	R16	Marcos Aurelio Gorriz	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1997	R32	Javier Sanchez	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data