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Richard Krajicek #14 def. Nicolas Kiefer #21

6-4 7-6(2) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jun 28, 1998*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	6-4 7-6(2) 7-6(4)
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	26	3
Double faults	5	7
First serve %	64	56
First serve points won %	96	80
Second serve points won %	52	46
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	81	65
Return points won %	35	19
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	NED	GER
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Jul 5, 1977
Age	26	20
Height	196	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	21
Ranking points (entering)	2,052	1,491
Elo (entering)	1,941	1,780
Career W-L	408–207	343–252
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 0 – 0 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1998	R64	Dinu Pescariu	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1998	R128	Brett Steven	6-3 7-6(7) 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1998	R16	Wayne Ferreira	6-3 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1998	R64	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-4 6-3 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1998	R128	Julian Alonso	6-2 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data