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Xavier Malisse #35 def. Greg Rusedski #39

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

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 2002*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Xavier Malisse
Score	3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Greg Rusedski
Duration	2h 39m

Stat	Xavier Malisse	Greg Rusedski
Aces	8	9
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	60	66
First serve points won %	76	77
Second serve points won %	56	58
Break points saved %	83	57
Break points converted %	43	17
Service points won %	68	70
Return points won %	30	32
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Xavier Malisse	Greg Rusedski
Country	BEL	GBR
Birth date	Jul 19, 1980	Sep 6, 1973
Age	21	28
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	35	39
Ranking points (entering)	985	920
Elo (entering)	1,840	1,873
Career W-L	282–265	415–276
Career earnings	$5,702,871	$8,944,841

Pre-match H2H

Xavier Malisse 1 – 1 Greg Rusedski

Path

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2002	R32	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-6(4) 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2002	R64	Vincent Spadea	7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2002	R128	Galo Blanco	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2002	QF	Richard Krajicek	6-1 4-6 6-2 3-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2002	R32	Andy Roddick	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2002	R64	Hyung-Taik Lee	6-1 6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 2002	R128	Jurgen Melzer	6-1 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data