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Nicolas Lapentti #91 def. Mikael Tillstrom #84

4-6 7-6(9) 2-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 1999*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Nicolas Lapentti
Score	4-6 7-6(9) 2-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Mikael Tillstrom
Duration	3h 10m

Stat	Nicolas Lapentti	Mikael Tillstrom
Aces	11	6
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	75	67
First serve points won %	72	71
Second serve points won %	47	47
Break points saved %	73	50
Break points converted %	50	27
Service points won %	66	63
Return points won %	37	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Lapentti	Mikael Tillstrom
Country	ECU	SWE
Birth date	Aug 13, 1976	Mar 5, 1972
Age	22	26
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	91	84
Ranking points (entering)	545	597
Elo (entering)	1,666	1,675
Career W-L	282–280	107–108
Career earnings	$6,315,143	$2,030,525

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Lapentti 0 – 0 Mikael Tillstrom

Path

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Magnus Norman	7-6(4) 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Thomas Johansson	6-3 3-6 3-6 7-6(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Andrew Ilie	6-4 6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mikael Tillstrom's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Justin Gimelstob	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Laurence Tieleman	5-7 7-6(5) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data