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Jonas Bjorkman #65 def. Kenneth Carlsen #72

7-6(0) 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 12, 1997*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jonas Bjorkman
Score	7-6(0) 6-0
Loser	Kenneth Carlsen
Duration	1h 16m

Stat	Jonas Bjorkman	Kenneth Carlsen
Aces	2	5
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	43	59
First serve points won %	82	62
Second serve points won %	62	29
Break points saved %	33	62
Break points converted %	38	67
Service points won %	71	49
Return points won %	51	29
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jonas Bjorkman	Kenneth Carlsen
Country	SWE	DEN
Birth date	Mar 23, 1972	Apr 17, 1973
Age	24	23
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	65	72
Ranking points (entering)	737	636
Elo (entering)	1,767	1,684
Career W-L	395–341	239–273
Career earnings	$14,610,671	$2,990,980

Pre-match H2H

Jonas Bjorkman 1 – 0 Kenneth Carlsen

Path

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 1997	SF	Marcos Ondruska	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 1997	QF	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1997	R16	Christian Ruud	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1997	R32	Carlos Costa	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Kenneth Carlsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 1997	SF	Jiri Novak	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 1997	QF	Hernan Gumy	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1997	R16	Alberto Berasategui	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1997	R32	Alistair Hunt	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data