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Javier Sanchez #59 def. Sandon Stolle #161

2-6 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 17, 1996*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Javier Sanchez
Score	2-6 7-5 6-4
Loser	Sandon Stolle
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	Javier Sanchez	Sandon Stolle
Aces	2	4
Double faults	5	12
First serve %	72	62
First serve points won %	65	76
Second serve points won %	41	34
Break points saved %	50	60
Break points converted %	40	50
Service points won %	58	60
Return points won %	40	42
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Javier Sanchez	Sandon Stolle
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Feb 1, 1968	Jul 13, 1970
Age	28	25
Height	177	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	59	161
Ranking points (entering)	717	253
Elo (entering)	1,645	1,647
Career W-L	321–328	100–120
Career earnings	$4,427,811	$3,762,442

Pre-match H2H

Javier Sanchez 0 – 1 Sandon Stolle

Path

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1996	R16	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1996	R32	Jiri Novak	6-3 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1996	SF	Albert Costa	6-3 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sandon Stolle's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1996	R16	Andrei Cherkasov	6-3 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1996	R32	Thomas Muster	6-1 3-6 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data