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Mark Knowles #744 def. Grant Stafford #108

7-5 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 10, 1998*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Mark Knowles
Score	7-5 4-6 6-4
Loser	Grant Stafford
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Mark Knowles	Grant Stafford
Aces	6	4
Double faults	5	8
First serve %	63	59
First serve points won %	70	73
Second serve points won %	45	46
Break points saved %	64	29
Break points converted %	71	36
Service points won %	61	62
Return points won %	38	39
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Knowles	Grant Stafford
Country	BAH	RSA
Birth date	Sep 4, 1971	May 27, 1971
Age	26	27
Height	191	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	744	108
Ranking points (entering)	17	469
Elo (entering)	1,478	1,610
Career W-L	23–51	83–111
Career earnings	$7,058,933	$1,307,208

Pre-match H2H

Mark Knowles 0 – 0 Grant Stafford

Path

Mark Knowles's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1998	R32	Eyal Erlich	7-6(5) 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Knowles's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1998	QF	Laurence Tieleman	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1998	R32	Steven Randjelovic	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data