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Fabrice Santoro #29 def. Richard Krajicek #11

7-5 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	May 9, 1998*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Fabrice Santoro
Score	7-5 7-6(3)
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	1h 46m

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Richard Krajicek
Aces	1	12
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	75	61
First serve points won %	66	80
Second serve points won %	60	45
Break points saved %	90	71
Break points converted %	29	10
Service points won %	65	66
Return points won %	34	35
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Richard Krajicek
Country	FRA	NED
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Dec 6, 1971
Age	25	26
Height	178	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	29	11
Ranking points (entering)	1,259	2,140
Elo (entering)	1,818	1,976
Career W-L	456–432	408–207
Career earnings	$10,013,832	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro 1 – 4 Richard Krajicek

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1998	R32	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1998	R64	Carlos Costa	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1998	QF	Albert Costa	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1998	R32	Sjeng Schalken	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data