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Daniel Vacek #48 def. J. Knippschild #123

6-2 2-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Feb 13, 1998*
Tournament	St. Petersburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Daniel Vacek
Score	6-2 2-1 (ret.)
Loser	J. Knippschild
Duration	39m

Stat	Daniel Vacek	J. Knippschild
Aces	2	4
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	50	59
First serve points won %	83	50
Second serve points won %	44	40
Break points saved %	75	67
Break points converted %	33	25
Service points won %	64	46
Return points won %	54	36
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Daniel Vacek	J. Knippschild
Country	CZE	GER
Birth date	Apr 1, 1971	Feb 15, 1975
Age	26	22
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	48	123
Ranking points (entering)	826	378
Elo (entering)	1,679	1,630
Career W-L	170–219	47–69
Career earnings	$4,803,388	$1,017,972

Pre-match H2H

Daniel Vacek 0 – 0 J. Knippschild

Path

Daniel Vacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1998	R32	Renzo Furlan	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Daniel Vacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1998	QF	Richard Krajicek	6-7(4) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Knippschild's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1998	R32	R. Vasek	6-7(3) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data