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Brett Steven #83 def. L. Smith #620

7-6(1) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 18, 1997*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Brett Steven
Score	7-6(1) 6-2
Loser	L. Smith
Duration	1h 15m

Stat	Brett Steven	L. Smith
Aces	4	4
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	69	54
First serve points won %	86	59
Second serve points won %	65	48
Break points saved %	0	57
Break points converted %	43	100
Service points won %	80	54
Return points won %	46	20
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brett Steven	L. Smith
Country	NZL	AUS
Birth date	Apr 27, 1969	Oct 25, 1976
Age	28	20
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	83	620
Ranking points (entering)	616	25
Elo (entering)	1,799	1,536
Career W-L	157–152	2–5
Career earnings	$2,439,714	$84,208

Pre-match H2H

Brett Steven 0 – 0 L. Smith

Path

Brett Steven's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1997	R32	A. Merinov	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1997	R64	L. Jensen	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Brett Steven's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1997	QF	Rainer Schuettler	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

L. Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1997	R32	Lionel Roux	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1997	R64	M. Bhupathi	7-6(4) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data