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A. Savolt #93 def. Olivier Patience #272

6-3 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 2002*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	A. Savolt
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-4
Loser	Olivier Patience
Duration	3h 13m

Stat	A. Savolt	Olivier Patience
Aces	10	6
Double faults	8	1
First serve %	51	64
First serve points won %	85	70
Second serve points won %	52	57
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	69	65
Return points won %	35	31
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Savolt	Olivier Patience
Country	HUN	FRA
Birth date	Feb 5, 1976	Mar 25, 1980
Age	25	21
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	93	272
Ranking points (entering)	447	124
Elo (entering)	1,552	1,522
Career W-L	30–47	26–53
Career earnings	$698,823	$1,030,897

Pre-match H2H

A. Savolt 0 – 0 Olivier Patience

Path

A. Savolt's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

A. Savolt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	Roger Federer	2-6 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Olivier Patience's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2002	Q3	Z. Mlynarik	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2002	Q2	J. Andersen	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2002	Q1	D. Melo	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data