QF China Open 1996

Byron Black #49 def. Sjeng Schalken #73

7-6(3) 6-4

Byron Black defeated Sjeng Schalken 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 1996 China Open quarterfinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 12, 1996*
Tournament: China Open
Edition: 1996
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 15m

Match Statistics

Stat	Byron Black	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	2	9
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	67.0%	58.0%
First serve points won %	88.0%	77.0%
Second serve points won %	75.0%	48.0%
Break points saved %	—	83.0%
Break points converted %	17.0%	—
Service points won %	83.0%	65.0%
Return points won %	35.0%	17.0%
Total points won %	57.0%	43.0%
Match Serve+	+21.5	+3.0
Match Return+	-3.0	-21.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1996 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Byron Black	Sjeng Schalken
Country	ZIM	NED
Birth date	Oct 6, 1969	Sep 8, 1976
Age	27	20
Height	175 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	49	73
Ranking points (entering)	838	663
Elo (entering)	1,706	1,683
Current career W-L	240–230	280–254
Current career earnings	$5,159,775	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

Byron Black #49 0 – 1 Sjeng Schalken #73

Path

Byron Black's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dennis van Scheppingen #117	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1996	R16
Michael Joyce	7-6(9) 4-6 7-6(3)	W	—	Match data	Oct 10, 1996	R32

Byron Black's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Greg Rusedski #75	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1996	SF

Sjeng Schalken's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Patrik Kuhnen #251	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1996	R16
Jia Ping Xia #425	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 1996	R32