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Kenneth Carlsen #81 def. N. Marques #122

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 21, 1997*
Tournament	St. Petersburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Kenneth Carlsen
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	N. Marques
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Kenneth Carlsen	N. Marques
Aces	8	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	65	75
First serve points won %	72	62
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	75	57
Break points converted %	43	25
Service points won %	67	59
Return points won %	41	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kenneth Carlsen	N. Marques
Country	DEN	POR
Birth date	Apr 17, 1973	Apr 9, 1970
Age	23	26
Height	190	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	81	122
Ranking points (entering)	590	368
Elo (entering)	1,648	1,535
Career W-L	239–273	35–84
Career earnings	$2,990,980	$856,875

Pre-match H2H

Kenneth Carlsen 1 – 0 N. Marques

Path

Kenneth Carlsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1997	R32	F. Roig	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kenneth Carlsen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1997	QF	Michael Stich	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

N. Marques's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1997	R32	A. Belov	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data