1996-1997 Season

[SAMPRAS]

1997 Serve Speed Rankings


ATP
MPH Site (surface)
1 Greg Rusedski 143 U.S. Open (H)
(Fastest serve ever recorded)
2 Mark Philippoussis 142.3 Dusseldorf (C)
3 Julian Alonso 140 Commack (H)
4 Richard Krajicek 139 U.S. Open (H)
5 Jonathan Stark 138 Indian Wells (H)
6 Marc Rosset 134.2 Tashkent (H)
7 Michael Stich 134 Wimbledon (G)
8 Carlos Moya 133 Scottsdale (H)
Pete Sampras 133 Key Biscayne (H)
Alex Radulescu 133 Chennai (H)
Tim Henman 133 Cincinnati (H)
Goran Ivanisevic 133 U.S. Open (H)

1997 ATP TOUR
Service Game Leaders
Aces No Mtchs
1 Goran Ivanisevic 894 61
2 Richard Krajicek 799 54
3 Mark Philippoussis 757 54
4 Greg Rusedski 665 52
5 Marc-Kevin Goellner 544 46
6 Pete Sampras 510 48
7 Alex Radulescu 502 47
8 Patrick Rafter 488 71
9 Magnus Norman 453 54
10 Tim Henman 422 51
1st Serve Pct Mtchs
1 Gilbert Schaller 77% 28
2 Alberto Berasategui 73% 56
3 Felix Mantilla 69% 62
4 Albert Costa 69% 56
5 Marcelo Filippini 69% 37
6 Jiri Novak 68% 31
Albert Portas 68% 31
8 Javier Sanchez 65% 57
9 Pete Sampras 65% 48
10 Slava Dosedel 65% 42
1st Serve Points Won Pct Mtchs
1 Richard Krajicek 86% 54
2 Goran Ivanisevic 84% 61
3 Greg Rusedski 84% 52
4 Pete Sampras 82% 48
5 Mark Philippoussis 81% 54
6 Tim Henman 80% 51
7 Marc-Kevin Goellner 80% 46
8 Jonathan Stark 79% 35
9 Alex Radulescu 78% 47
10 Thomas Enqvist 78% 41
2nd Serve Points Won Pct Mtchs
1 Michael Chang 54% 67
2 Albert Costa 53% 56
3 Pete Sampras 53% 48
4 Guillaume Raoux 53% 45
5 Vincent Spadea 53% 37
6 Patrick Rafter 52% 71
7 Jonas Bjorkman 52% 69
8 Sergi Bruguera 52% 66
Marcelo Rios 52% 66
10 Alex Corretja 52% 62
Felix Mantilla 52% 62
Service Games Won Pct Mtchs
1 Richard Krajicek 91% 54
2 Greg Rusedski 91% 52
3 Pete Sampras 91% 48
4 Goran Ivanisevic 88% 61
5 Mark Philippoussis 86% 54
6 Patrick Rafter 84% 71
7 Thomas Enqvist 84% 41
8 Brett Steven 84% 37
9 Magnus Larsson 83% 51
10 Michael Chang 82% 67
Break Points Saved Pct Mtchs
1 Goran Ivanisevic 70% 61
2 Greg Rusedski 70% 52
3 Thomas Muster 68% 52
4 Brett Steven 68% 37
5 Galo Blanco 67% 31
6 Richard Krajicek 66% 54
Magnus Norman 66% 54
Mark Philippoussis 66% 54
9 Jan Siemerink 66% 36
10 Patrick Rafter 65% 71


Return Of Serve Leaders
Pts. Returning 1st Serve Pct Mtchs
1 Alex Corretja 35% 62
2 Karol Kucera 34% 45
3 Carlos Moya 33% 71
4 Michael Chang 33% 67
5 Andrei Medvedev 33% 49
6 Hicham Arazi 33% 48
7 Slava Dosedel 33% 42
8 Arnaud Boetsch 33% 32
9 Jonas Bjorkman 32% 69
10 Alberto Berasategui 32% 56
Returning 2nd Serve Pct Mtchs
1 Alberto Berasategui 59% 56
2 Felix Mantilla 58% 62
3 Albert Portas 58% 31
4 Jonas Bjorkman 57% 69
5 Michael Chang 56% 67
6 Byron Black 56% 42
7 Grant Stafford 56% 36
8 Carlos Moya 55% 71
9 Alex Corretja 55% 62
10 Albert Costa 55% 56
Break Points Converted Pct Mtchs
1 Grant Stafford 50% 36
2 Pete Sampras 49% 48
3 Alex Corretja 48% 62
4 Nicolas Kiefer 48% 31
5 Carlos Moya 47% 71
6 Filip Dewulf 47% 36
7 Carlos Costa 47% 31
8 Jan Kroslak 47% 24
9 Michael Chang 46% 67
10 Sergi Bruguera 46% 66
Return Games Won Pct Mtchs
1 Michael Chang 35% 67
2 Alex Corretja 35% 62
3 Jonas Bjorkman 34% 69
4 Felix Mantilla 34% 62
5 Carlos Moya 33% 71
6 Alberto Berasategui 32% 56
7 Sergi Bruguera 31% 66
8 Albert Portas 31% 31
9 Francisco Clavet 30% 50
10 Todd Woodbridge 30% 46

Final 1997 Money Winners
MEN
Earnings
1 Pete Sampras $6,498,311
2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3,207,757
3 Patrick Rafter 2,923,519
4 Michael Chang 2,541,830
5 Thomas Muster 2,166,590
6 Jonas Bjorkman 1,950,375
7 Gustavo Kuerten 1,586,753
8 Petr Korda 1,515,483
9 Greg Rusedski 1,515,473
10 Goran Ivanisevic 1,458,257
11 Richard Krajicek 1,434,257
12 Marcelo Rios 1,397,445
13 Todd Woodbridge 1,295,918
14 Sergi Bruguera 1,227,428
15 Alex Corretja 1,182,807
16 Carlos Moya 1,137,400
17 Mark Woodforde 1,126,627
18 Felix Mantilla 1,105,593
19 Cedric Pioline 999,701
20 Mark Philippoussis 904,211
21 Albert Costa 864,684
22 Tim Henman 802,746
23 Paul Haarhuis 794,450
24 Daniel Vacek 786,605
25 Andrei Medvedev 731,068

Final 1996 Computer Rankings and Money Won
Men
Finish
1-2-SF W-L Earnings
1 Pete Sampras 8-1-2 65-11 $3,702,919
2 Michael Chang 3-5-4 65-19 2,015,699
3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4-6-5 80-25 3,363,365
4 Goran Ivanisevic 5-5-3 77-26 3,007,985
5 Thomas Muster 7-0-4 68-20 2,875,496
6 Boris Becker 5-1-2 42-14 4,313,007
7 Richard Krajicek 1-2-1 46-28 1,861,761
8 Andre Agassi 3-1-2 38-14 1,629,928
9 Thomas Enqvist 3-0-2 58-29 1,668,547
10 Wayne Ferreira 2-1-3 49-28 961,020
11 Marcelo Rios 1-3-5 57-25 825,678
12 Todd Martin 1-2-4 55-21 868,636
13 Albert Costa 3-2-2 52-29 801,771
14 Stefan Edberg 0-1-2 45-24 651,137
15 Jan Siemerink 1-2-2 36-30 753,881
16 Michael Stich 1-1-0 25-14 778,795
17 Magnus Gustafsson 2-0-2 37-17 472,781
18 Felix Mantilla 1-4-2 48-27 497,701
19 Alberto Berasategui 3-0-4 46-26 529,732
20 MaliVai Washington 1-1-1 33-24 870,898

1997 Grand Slam Tournaments
U.S. Open
Men's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #2 Michael Chang; #10 Marcelo Rios; #13 Patrick Rafter; # 15 Petr Korda; plus unseeded Jonas Bjorkman, Richard Krajicek, Magnus Larsson and Greg Rusedski.

Quarterfinals
Bjorkman def. Korda 76(3) 62 1-0 (ret.)
Rusedski def. Krajicek 75 76(5) 76(6)
Rafter def. Larsson 76(4) 64 62
Chang def. Rios 75 62 46 46 63

Semifinals
Rusedski def. Bjorkman 61 36 36 63 75
Rafter def. Chang 63 63 64

Final
Rafter def. Rusedski 63 62 46 75

Doubles Finals
Men— #4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov & Daniel Vacek def. #11 Jonas Bjorkman & Nicklas Kulti 7-6(8), 6-3.

Women— #3 Lindsay Davenport & Jana Novotna def. #1 Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva 6-3, 6-4.

Mixed— #5 Manon Bollegraf & Rick Leach def. Mercedes Paz & Pablo Albano 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(3).


Wimbledon

Men's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #1 Pete Sampras; #8 Boris Becker; #14 Tim Henman; plus unseeded Nicolas Kiefer, Cedric Pioline, Greg Rusedski, Michael Stich and Todd Woodbridge.

Quarterfinals
Sampras def. Becker 61 67(5) 61 64
Woodbridge def. Kiefer 76(7) 26 60 64
Stich def. Henman 63 62 64
Pioline def. Rusedski 64 46 64 63

Semifinals
Sampras def. Woodbridge 62 61 76(3)
Pioline def. Stich 67(2) 62 61 57 64

Final
Sampras def. Pioline 64 62 64


Doubles Finals
Men— #1 Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde def. #2 Jacco Eltingh & Paul Haarhuis 7-6(4), 7-6(7), 5-7, 6-3.

Women— #1 Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva def. #6 Nicole Arendt & Manon Bollegraf 7-6(4), 6-4.

Mixed— #4 Cyril Suk & Helena Sukova def. #3 Andrei Olhovskiy & Larisa Neiland 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.


French Open

Men's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov; #16 Sergei Bruguera; plus unseeded Hicham Arazi, Galo Blanco, Filip Dewulf, Gustavo Kuerten, Magnus Norman and Patrick Rafter.

Quarterfinals
Dewulf def. Norman 62 67(2) 64 63
Kuerten def. Kafelnikov 62 57 26 60 64
Rafter def. Blanco 63 76(3) 63
Bruguera def. Arazi 64 63 62 62

Semifinals
Kuerten def. Dewulf 61 36 61 76(4)
Bruguera def. Rafter 67(6) 61 75 76(1)

Final
Kuerten def. Bruguera 63 64 62


Doubles Finals
Men—#4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov & Daniel Vacek def. #1 Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodeford 7-6(12), 4-6, 6-3.

Women—#1 Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva def. #5 Mary Joe Fernandez & Lisa Raymond 6-2, 6-3.

Mixed— #16 Rika Hiraki & Mahesh Bhupathi def. #1 Lisa Raymond & Patrick Galbraith 6-4, 6-1.


Australian Open

Men's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #1 Pete Sampras; #2 Michael Chang; #3 Goran Ivanisevic; #5 Thomas Muster; #9 Marcelo Rios; #10 Alberto Costa; #14 Felix Mantilla; plus unseeded Carlos Moya

Quarterfinals
Sampras def. Costa 63 67(5) 61 36 62
Muster def. Ivanisevic 64 62 63
Moya def. Mantilla 75 62 67(5) 62
Chang def. Rios 75 61 64

Semifinals
Sampras def. Muster 61 76(3) 63
Moya def. Chang 75 62 64

Final
Sampras def. Moya 62 63 63

 

[SAMPRAS]

Men's ATP Tour

LATE 1996
Finals Tournament Winner Earnings Runner-Up Score
Nov. 3 Paris Open Thomas Enqvist $393,000 Y. Kafelnikov 62 64 75
Nov. 10 Stockholm Open Thomas Enqvist 112,000 T. Martin 75 64 76
Nov. 10 Hellmann's Cup (Santiago) Hernan Gumy 29,000 M. Rios 64 75
Nov. 10 Kremlin Cup (Moscow) Goran Ivanisevic 157,000 Y. Kafelnikov 36 61 63
Nov. 17 ATP Doubles Champs. (Hartford) Todd Woodbridge/ 165,000 S. Lareau/ 64 57 62 76
Mark Woodforde A. O'Brien
Nov. 24 ATP World Championship (Hannover) Pete Sampras 1,340,000 B. Becker 36 76 76 67 64
Dec. 8 ITF Grand Slam Cup (Munich) Boris Becker 1,875,000 G. Ivanisevic 63 64 64

Annual Awards
The ATP and WTA held their first annual joint Awards Gala at the Jackie Gleason Theatre in Miami Beach on March 19, 1997. The ceremonies were hosted by comedian Dennis Miller and raised over $120,000 with all proceeds going to the Ashe-Buchholz Tennis Center and the greater Miami Partnership for the Homeless. Voting was done by a selection of worldwide media.

ATP
Player of the Year Pete Sampras
Doubles Team of the Year Todd Woodbridge/
Mark Woodforde
Most Improved Player Tim Henman
Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award Paul Flory
Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award Alex Corretja
Comeback Player of the Year Stephane Simian
Rado Player to Watch Dominik Hrbaty
Senior Player of the Year Jimmy Connors
Ron Bookman Media Excellence Award Brett Haber
Championship Series Tournament of the Year RCA Championships
World Series Tournament of the Year Rado Swiss Open
France defeated Sweden, 3-2, in Malmo, Sweden to capture the 1996 Davis Cup. It was the eighth championship for the French and their first since beating the Americans in 1991. The two matches on the dramatic final day each lasted five sets and a combined nine hours.

 

[SAMPRAS]

1997-1998 Season
No. 1 (Ran) King & Queen
The reigns of Pete Sampras and Martina Hingis might not be over, but in 1998 there were more challengers vying for their thrones than ever before.

Both lost grip on their number one rankings in 1998. Sampras was first, relinquishing his top status to Chile's Marcelo Rios in March for the first time in 102 consecutive weeks. Although Sampras would win the title back, there was no doubt he wasn't the same player in 1998.

He won four times, including his fifth Wimbledon single's title, but he suffered through four injuries this summer and struggled against players ranked in the top 10. Rios, on the other hand, burst on to the scene, winning seven tournaments.

Other player's who saw their stock rise on the ATP Tour in 1998 were: Patrick Rafter who became the just the sixth player in history to defend a U.S. Open single's title. Peter Korda of the Czech Republic who won his first grand slam title at the Australian Open and Spain's Carlos Moya who took home the French Open title.

Andre Agassi reappeared on the scene after not being ranked in the top 100 in 1997. Agassi won five times, including the $137,000 Czech Indoor Championships.

On the WTA Tour, action was as good as it's ever been. With no one dominant player taking charge, tennis fans got to see lots of great tennis and big upsets.

Lindsay Davenport took over the No. 1 ranking from Hingis in October, becoming just the third American-born player to ever hold the title. Davenport's victory at the U.S. Open was her most impressive of the year. She did not lose a single set and beat Venus Williams in the semifinals and defending champion Hingis in the finals.

Jana Novotna's first Wimbledon title in three finals appearances was a triumph of spirit for the 11-year veteran. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario took home her third French Open title and Hingis captured her third straight Australian Open.

Monica Seles also made a noteworthy comeback in 1998. After losing her father/coach in the spring she made it to the French Open finals and has made it to the quarterfinals of nine tournaments since, winning two.

Eight different players took home Grand Slam single's titles in 1998, setting the stage for what should be a very competitive 1999 season.



Southern California's Lindsay Davenport, who became just the third American-born woman to be ranked No. 1, is one of the many talented players the Corel WTA Tour showcased in 1998.
AP/Wide World Photos

1998 (through Nov. 29)
Finals Tournament Winner Earnings Runner-Up Score
Jan. 11 Qatar Open (Doha) Petr Korda $137,000 F. Santoro 60 63
Jan. 11 Australian Hardcourt (Adelaide) Lleyton Hewitt 43,000 J. Stoltenberg 36 63 76
Jan. 11 Sydney International. Karol Kucera 340,000 T. Henman 75 64
Jan. 11 BellSouth Open (Auckland) Marcelo Rios 45,000 R. Fromberg 46 64 76

Feb. 1 Australian Open (Melbourne) Petr Korda 407,376 M. Rios 62 62 62
Feb. 8 Croatian Indoors (Split) Goran Ivanisevic 54,000 G. Rusedski 76 76
Feb. 8 Marseille Open Thomas Enqvist 72,000 Y. Kafelnikov 64 61
Feb. 15 St. Petersburg Open (Russia) Richard Krajicek 45,000 M. Rosset 64 76
Feb. 15 Dubai Open Alex Corretja 142,000 F. Mantilla 76 61
Feb. 15 Sybase Open (San Jose) Andre Agassi 45,000 P. Sampras 62 64
Feb. 22 European Community Champs. (Antwerp) Greg Rusedski 162,500 M. Rosset 76 36 61 64
Feb. 22 Kroger/St.Jude International (Memphis) Mark Philippoussis 120,000 M. Chang 63 62

Mar. 1 Guardian Direct Cup (London) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 128,000 C. Pioline 75 64
Mar. 1 Advanta Champs.(Philadelphia) Pete Sampras 110,000 T. Enqvist 75 76
Mar. 8 ABN/AMRO World (Rotterdam) Jan Siemerink 101,500 T. Johansson 76 62
Mar. 8 Franklin Templeton Classic (Scottsdale) Andre Agassi 45,000 J. Stoltenberg 64 76
Mar. 15 Copenhagen Open Magnus Gustafsson 30,000 D. Prinosil 36 61 61
Mar. 15 Champions Cup (Indian Wells) Marcelo Rios 361,000 G. Rusedski 63 67 76 64
Mar. 29 Lipton Championships (Key Biscayne) Marcelo Rios 360,000 A. Agassi 75 63 64
Mar. 29 Grand Prix Hassan II (Casablanca) Andrea Gaudenzi 30,000 A. Calatrava 64 57 64

Apr. 12 Gold Flake Open (Chennai) Patrick Rafter 58,000 M. Tillstrom 63 64
Apr. 12 Salem Open (Hong Kong) Kenneth Carlsen 45,000 B. Black 62 60
Apr. 12 Estoril Open Alberto Berasategui 84,000 T. Muster 36 61 63
Apr. 19 Japan Open (Tokyo) Andrei Pavel 95,000 B. Black 63 64
Apr. 19 Open Seat - Godo (Barcelona) Todd Martin 135,600 A. Berasategui 62 16 63 62
Apr. 26 Monte Carlo Open Carlos Moya 361,000 C. Pioline 63 60 75
Apr. 26 US Clay Court Champs. (Orlando) Jim Courier 37,500 M. Chang 73 36 75

May 3 BMW Open (Munich) Thomas Enqvist 70,000 A. Agassi 67 76 63
May 3 AT&T Challenge (Atlanta) Pete Sampras 45,000 J. Stoltenberg 67 63 76 74
May 3 Skoda Czech Open (Prague) Fernando Meligeni 48,200 S. Dosedel 61 64
May 10 Panasonic German Open (Hamburg) Albert Costa 361,000 A. Corretja 62 60 10 (ret.)
May 10 Red Clay Champs. (Coral Springs) Andrew Ilie 34,800 D. Sanguinetti 75 64
May 17 Italian Open (Rome) Marcelo Rios 350,000 A. Costa Default
May 24 Peugeot World Team Cup (Dusseldorf) Germany 500,000 Czech Republic 3-0
May 24 Raiffeisen Grand Prix (St. Polten) Marcelo Rios 57,000 V. Spadea 62 60

June 7 French Open (Paris) Carlos Moya 642,000 A. Corretja 63 75 63
June 14 Stella Artois Grass Court (London) Scott Draper 85,000 L. Tieleman 76 64
June 14 Gerry Weber Open (Halle) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 122,000 M. Larsson 64 64
June 14 Tennis International (Carisbo) Julian Alonso $45,000 K. Alami 61 64
June 21 The Nottingham Open Jonas Bjorkman 45,000 B. Black 63 62
June 21 Heineken Open (Rosmalen) Patrick Rafter 66,400 M. Damm 76 62

July 5 Wimbledon (London) Pete Sampras 727,146 G. Ivanisevic 67 76 64 36 62
July 12 Hall of Fame Championships (Newport) Leander Paes 39,000 N. Godwin 63 62
July 12 Swedish Open (Bastad) Magnus Gustafsson 45,000 A. Medvedev 62 63
July 12 Rado Swiss Open (Gstaad) Alex Corretja 74,000 B. Becker 76 75 63
July 26 Mercedes Cup (Stuttgart) Gustavo Kuerten 279,000 K. Kucera 46 62 64
July 26 Legg Mason Classic (Washington, D.C.) Andre Agassi 95,000 S. Draper 62 60

Aug. 2 EA Generali Open (Kitzbühel) Albert Costa 62,400 A. Gaudenzi 62 16 62 36 61
Aug. 2 Croatian Championship (Umag) Bohdan Uihrach 54,000 M. Norman 63 76
Aug. 2 Mercedes-Benz Cup (Los Angeles) Andre Agassi 45,000 T. Henman 64 64
Aug. 9 Grolsch Open (Amsterdam) Magnus Norman 45,000 R. Fromberg 63 63 26 64
Aug. 9 du Maurier Open (Montreal) Patrick Rafter 361,000 R. Krajicek 76 64
Aug. 16 San Marino Open Dominik Hrbaty 39,000 M. Puerta 62 75
Aug. 16 ATP Championships (Cincinnati) Patrick Rafter 361,000 P. Sampras 16 76 64
Aug. 23 RCA/U.S. Hardcourts (Indianapolis) Alex Corretja 122,500 A. Agassi 26 62 63
Aug. 23 Pilot Pen International (New Haven) Karol Kucera 122,500 G. Ivanisevic 64 57 62
Aug. 30 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup (Long Island) Patrick Rafter 45,000 F. Mantilla 76 62
Aug. 30 MFS Pro Champs. (Boston) Michael Chang 45,000 P. Haarhuis 63 64

Sept. 13 U.S. Open (New York) Patrick Rafter 700,000 M. Philippoussis 63 36 62 60
Sept. 20 President's Cup (Tashkent) Tim Henman 66,400 Y. Kafelnikov 75 64
Sept. 20 Samsung Open (Bournemouth) Felix Mantilla 54,000 A. Costa 63 75
Sept. 20 Romanian Open (Bucharest) Francisco Clavet 45,000 A. DiPasquale 64 26 75

Oct. 4 Mallorca Open Gustavo Kuerten $64,000 C. Moya 67(5) 62 63
Oct. 4 Toulouse Open Jan Siemerink 54,000 G. Rusedski 64 64
Oct. 4 Grand Slam Cup (Munich) Marcelo Rios 1,300,000 A. Agassi 64 26 76(1) 57 63
Oct. 11 Swiss Indoors (Basel) Tim Henman 137,000 A. Agassi 64 63 36 64
Oct. 11 Shanghai Open Michael Chang 45,000 G. Ivanisevic 46 61 62
Oct. 11 Int'l Championship of Sicily Mariano Puerta 45,000 F. Squillari 63 62
Oct. 18 Heineken Open (Singapore) Marcelo Rios 107,000 M. Woodforde 64 62
Oct. 18 CA Tennis Trophy (Vienna) Pete Sampras 125,400 K. Kucera 63 76(3) 61
Oct. 25 Czech Indoors (Ostrava) Andre Agassi 137,000 J. Kroslak 62 36 63
Oct. 25 Lyon Grand Prix Alex Corretja 101,500 T. Haas 26 76(6) 61

Nov. 1 Eurocard Open (Stuttgart) Richard Krajicek $376,000 Y. Kafelnikov 64 63 63
Nov. 1 Mexican Open (Mexico City) Jiri Novak 45,000 X. Malisse 64 63 63 63 63
Nov. 8 Paris Open Greg Rusedski 393,000 P. Sampras 64 76 63
Nov. 8 Colombian Open (Bogota) Mariano Zabaleta 45,000 R. Delgato 64 64
Nov. 15 Stockholm Open Todd Martin 112,000 T. Johansson 63 64 64
Nov. 15 Kremlin Cup (Moscow) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 157,400 G. Ivanisevic 76 76
Nov. 15 Chevrolet Cup (Santiago) Francisco Clavet 45,000 Y. El Aynaoui 62 64
Nov. 22 ATP Doubles Champs. (Hartford) Jacco Eltingh/
Paul Haarhuis 168,500 M. Knowles/
D. Nestor 64 62 75
Nov. 29 ATP World Championship (Hannover) Alex Corretja 1,360,000 C. Moya 36 36 75 63 75

 

[Andres]

Great info!

Not very tided and ordened, but helpful as well

 

[VGP]

The info's great, albeit unsolicited.

I too could boost my post count by cutting an pasting stuff from all over the internet.....

 

[Grimjack]

Nov. 8 Colombian Open (Bogota) Mariano Zabaleta 45,000 R. Delgato 64 64

Been waiting for someone to post this key piece of information.

 

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1998 Grand Slam Tournaments

Australian Open


Men's Singles



FINAL EIGHT— #1 Pete Sampras; #4 Jonas Bjorkman; #6 Petr Korda; #9 Marcelo Rios; plus unseeded Alberto Berasategui, Nicolas Escude, Nicolas Kiefer and Karol Kucera.



Quarterfinals
Kucera def. Sampras 64 62 67(5) 63
Korda def. Bjorkman 36 57 63 64 62
Escude def. Kiefer 46 36 64 61 62
Rios def. Berasategui 67(6) 64 64 60

Semifinals
Korda def. Kucera 61 64 16 62
Rios def. Escude 61 63 62

Final
Korda def. Rios 62 62 62


Doubles Finals

Men— #5 Jonas Bjorkman & Jacco Eltingh def. #1 Mark Woodforde & Todd Woodbridge, 6-2, 5-7, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Women— Martina Hingis & Mirjana Lucic def. #1 Lindsay Davenport & Natasha Zvereva, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

Mixed— Justin Gimelstob & Venus Williams def. #5 Cyril Suk & Helena Sukova, 6-2, 6-1.


French Open

Men's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #3 Marcelo Rios; #12 Carlos Moya; #14 Alex Corretja; #15 Felix Mantilla; plus unseated Hicham Arazi, Filip Dewulf, Thomas Muster and Cedric Pioline.

Quarterfinals
Mantilla def. Muster 64 62 46 63
Moya def. Rios 61 26 62 64
Corretja def. Dewulf 75 64 63
Pioline def. Arazi 36 62 76(6) 46 63

Semifinals
Moya def. Mantilla 57 62 64 62
Corretja def. Pioline 63 64 62

Final
Moya def. Corretja 63 75 63

Doubles Finals

Men— #1 Paul Haarhuis & Jacco Eltingh def. Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Women—#2 Martina Hingis & Jana Novotna def. #1 Lindsay Davenport & Natasha Zvereva, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4).

Mixed— Justin Gimelstob & Venus Williams def. Serena Williams & Luis Lobo, 6-4, 6-4.

Wimbledon


Men's Singles


Men's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #1 Pete Sampras; #3 Petr Korda; #9 Richard Krajicek; #12 Tim Henman; #14 Goran Ivanisevic; plus unseeded Mark Philippoussis, Davide Sanguinetti and Jan Siemerink.

Quarterfinals
Sampras def. Philippoussis 76(5) 64 64
Henman def. Korda 63 64 62
Ivanisevic def. Siemerink 76(10) 76(5) 76(6)
Krajicek def. Sanguinetti 62 63 64

Semifinals
Sampras def. Henman 63 46 75 63
Ivanisevic def. Krajicek 63 64 57 67(5) 15-13

Final
Sampras def. Ivanisevic 67(2) 76(9) 64 36 62


Women's Singles
Women's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #1 Martina Hingis; #2 Lindsay Davenport; #3 Jana Novotna; #5 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario; #6 Monica Seles; #7 Venus Williams; #16 Nathalie Tauziat; plus unseeded Natasha Zvereva.

Quarterfinals
Hingis def. Sanchez Vicario 63 36 63
Novotna def. Williams 75 76(2)
Zvereva def. Seles 76(4) 62
Tauziat def. Davenport 63 63

Semifinals
Novotna def. Hingis 64 64
Tauziat def. Zvereva 16 76(1) 63

Final
Novotna def. Tauziat 64 76(2)


Doubles Finals

Doubles Finals
Men— #1 Jacco Eltingh & Paul Haarhuis def. #2 Mark Woodforde & Todd Woodbridge, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 10-8.

Women— #1 Martina Hingis & Jana Novotna def. #2 Lindsay Davenport & Natasha Zvereva, 6-3, 3-6, 8-6.

Mixed— Max Mirnyi & Serena Williams def. #5 Mahesh Bhupathi & Mirjana Lucic, 6-4, 6-4.


U.S. Open


Men's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #1 Pete Sampras, #3 Patrick Rafter, #9 Karol Kucera, #10 Carlos Moya, #12 Jonas Bjorkman; plus unseeded Thomas Johansson, Magnus Larsson and Mark Philippoussis.

Quarterfinals
Sampras def. Kucera 63 75 64
Rafter def. Bjorkman 62 63 75
Philippoussis def. Johansson 46 63 67(3) 63 76(10)
Moya def. Larsson 64 63 63

Semifinals
Rafter def. Sampras 67(8)64 26 64 63
Philippoussis def. Moya 61 64 57 64

Final
Rafter def. Philippoussis 63 36 62 60

Women's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #1 Martina Hingis; #2 Lindsay Davenport; #3 Jana Novotna; #4 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, #5 Venus Williams, #6 Monica Seles, #11 Patty Schnyder and #13 Amanda Coetzer.

Quarterfinals
Hingis def. Seles 64 64
Novotna def. Schnyder 62 63
Williams def. Sanchez Vicario 26 61 61
Davenport def. Coetzer 60 64

Semifinals
Hingis def. Novotna 36 61 64
Davenport def. Williams 64 64

Final
Davenport def. Hingis 63 75
Doubles Finals

Men— #15 Sandon Stolle & Cyril Suk def. #6 Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor 4-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-2.

Women— #1 Martina Hingis & Jana Novotna def. #2 Lindsay Davenport & Natasha Zvereva 6-3, 6-3.

Mixed— Serena Williams & Max Mirnyi def. #3 Lisa Raymond & Patrick Galbraith 6-2, 6-2.

 

[SAMPRAS]

Final 1998 Computer Rankings and Money Won
Listed are events won and times a finalist and semifinalist (Finish, 1-2-SF), match record (W-L), and earnings for the year.

Men
Finish
1-2-SF W-L Earnings
1 Pete Sampras 4-3-3 61-17 $3,931,497
2 Marcelo Rios 7-1-4 68-17 3,420,054
3 Alex Corretja 5-2-2 57-21 2,702,569
4 Patrick Rafter 6-0-2 60-21 2,867,017
5 Carlos Moya 2-2-4 49-28 2,572,553
6 Andre Agassi 5-5-2 68-18 1,836,233
7 Tim Henman 2-2-5 59-29 1,448,770
8 Karol Kucera 2-2-5 53-29 1,402,557
9 Greg Rusedski 2-3-3 53-22 1,860,437
10 Richard Krajicek 2-1-5 45-15 1,219,624
11 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3-3-3 57-29 2,543,077
12 Goran Ivanisevic 1-4-1 44-28 1,541,177
13 Petr Korda 2-0-0 34-21 1,387,393
14 Albert Costa 2-2-0 47-25 1,013,446
15 Mark Philippousis 1-1-1 33-20 1,272,620
16 Todd Martin 2-0-3 44-21 771,943
17 Thomas Johansson 0-2-6 45-31 667,858
18 Cedric Pioline 0-2-4 41-29 808,688
19 Jan Siemerink 2-0-3 41-25 638,990
20 Felix Mantilla 1-2-4 42-26 823,916

WOMEN
Finish
1-2-SF W-L Earnings
1 Lindsay Davenport 6-4-5 69-15 $3,052,105
2 Martina Hingis 5-3-6 67-13 3,375,989
3 Jana Novotna 4-3-4 51-16 2,153,800
4 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 2-3-4 48-20 1,596,154
5 Venus Williams 3-4-3 53-13 1,767,924
6 Monica Seles 2-2-5 46-13 1,054,130
7 Mary Pierce 4-1-0 35-12 703,692
8 Conchita Martinez 2-2-0 40-21 903,131
9 Steffi Graf 3-0-4 33-9 569,845
10 Nathalie Tauziat 0-2-6 42-24 1,038,310
11 Patty Schnyder 5-1-1 56-22 942,828
12 Doninique van Roost 1-4-2 47-26 483,601
13 Anna Kournikova 0-1-3 40-19 568,771
14 Sandrine Testud 1-1-4 52-27 499,940
15 Irina Spirlea 1-1-3 36-25 554,398
16 Natasha Zvereva 0-0-3 36-22 953,457
17 Amanda Coetzer 1-0-2 32-23 557,093
18 Ai Sugiyama 2-0-1 37-21 377,728
19 Silvia Farina 0-4-1 42-26 291,186
20 Serena Williams 0-0-1 29-11 310,211

Davis Cup

Sweden romped to a 5-0 sweep of the United States in the 1997 Davis Cup Finals. It was the Swedes' sixth Davis Cup title overall and their fifth in the last 13 years. The Finals shutout was the first since Sweden blanked India in 1987. The Americans hadn't been shutout in the finals since 1973, when they were crushed by Australia.


1997 Final

Sweden 5, United States 0
at Goteborg, Sweden (Nov. 28-30)

Day One— Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) def. Michael Chang (USA), 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Magnus Larsson (SWE) def. Pete Sampras (USA), 3-6, 7-6 (1), 2-1 (def.).

Day Two— Bjorkman & Nicklas Kulti (SWE) def. Todd Martin & Jonathan Stark (USA), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Day Three— Bjorkman (SWE) def. Stark (USA), 6-1, 6-1; Larsson (SWE) def. Chang (USA), 7-6(4), 6-7(6), 6-4.


1998 Early Rounds

First Round
(April 3-5)

Winner Loser
at United States 3 Russia 2
Sweden 3 at Slovakia 2
at Germany 5 South Africa 0
Spain 3 at Brazil 2
at Switzerland 3 Czech Republic 2
at Italy 4 India 1
Zimbabwe 3 at Australia 2
at Belgium 3 Netherlands 2

Quarterfinals
(July 17-19)

Winner Loser
at United States 4 Belgium 1
Sweden 3 at Germany 2
at Spain 4 Switzerland 1
at Italy 5 Zimbabwe 0


Semifinals

Italy 4, United States 1
at Milwaukee, Wisc. (Sept. 25-27)

Day One— Andrea Gaudenzi (ITA) def. Jan-Michael Gambill (USA), 6-2, 0-6, 7-6(0), 7-6(4); Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) def. Todd Martin (USA), 7-6(0), 6-3, 7-6(8).

Day Two— Diego Nargiso & Gaudenzi (ITA) def. Martin & Justin Gimelstob (USA), 6-4, 7-6(3), 5-7, 2-6, 6-3.

Day Three— Gianluca Pozzi (ITA) def. Gimelstob (USA), 7-6(4), 7-5; Gambill (USA) def. Sanguinetti (ITA), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.


Sweden 4, Spain 1
at Stockholm, Sweden (Sept. 25-27)

Day One— Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) def. Alex Corretja (SPA), 6-3, 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-3; Thomas Johansson (SWE) def. Carlos Moya (SPA), 7-5, 7-6(4), 7-6(6).

Day Two— Bjorkman & Nicklas Kulti (SWE) def. Javier Sanchez & Julian Alonso (SPA), 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.

Day Three— Bjorkman (SWE) def. Moya (SPA), 6-3, 7-5; Alonso (SPA) def. Johansson (SWE), 6-1, 7-6(0).

 

[SAMPRAS]

Final 1998 Computer Rankings and Money Won
Listed are events won and times a finalist and semifinalist (Finish, 1-2-SF), match record (W-L), and earnings for the year.

Men
Finish
1-2-SF W-L Earnings
1 Pete Sampras 4-3-3 61-17 $3,931,497
2 Marcelo Rios 7-1-4 68-17 3,420,054
3 Alex Corretja 5-2-2 57-21 2,702,569
4 Patrick Rafter 6-0-2 60-21 2,867,017
5 Carlos Moya 2-2-4 49-28 2,572,553
6 Andre Agassi 5-5-2 68-18 1,836,233
7 Tim Henman 2-2-5 59-29 1,448,770
8 Karol Kucera 2-2-5 53-29 1,402,557
9 Greg Rusedski 2-3-3 53-22 1,860,437
10 Richard Krajicek 2-1-5 45-15 1,219,624
11 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3-3-3 57-29 2,543,077
12 Goran Ivanisevic 1-4-1 44-28 1,541,177
13 Petr Korda 2-0-0 34-21 1,387,393
14 Albert Costa 2-2-0 47-25 1,013,446
15 Mark Philippousis 1-1-1 33-20 1,272,620
16 Todd Martin 2-0-3 44-21 771,943
17 Thomas Johansson 0-2-6 45-31 667,858
18 Cedric Pioline 0-2-4 41-29 808,688
19 Jan Siemerink 2-0-3 41-25 638,990
20 Felix Mantilla 1-2-4 42-26 823,916

WOMEN
Finish
1-2-SF W-L Earnings
1 Lindsay Davenport 6-4-5 69-15 $3,052,105
2 Martina Hingis 5-3-6 67-13 3,375,989
3 Jana Novotna 4-3-4 51-16 2,153,800
4 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 2-3-4 48-20 1,596,154
5 Venus Williams 3-4-3 53-13 1,767,924
6 Monica Seles 2-2-5 46-13 1,054,130
7 Mary Pierce 4-1-0 35-12 703,692
8 Conchita Martinez 2-2-0 40-21 903,131
9 Steffi Graf 3-0-4 33-9 569,845
10 Nathalie Tauziat 0-2-6 42-24 1,038,310
11 Patty Schnyder 5-1-1 56-22 942,828
12 Doninique van Roost 1-4-2 47-26 483,601
13 Anna Kournikova 0-1-3 40-19 568,771
14 Sandrine Testud 1-1-4 52-27 499,940
15 Irina Spirlea 1-1-3 36-25 554,398
16 Natasha Zvereva 0-0-3 36-22 953,457
17 Amanda Coetzer 1-0-2 32-23 557,093
18 Ai Sugiyama 2-0-1 37-21 377,728
19 Silvia Farina 0-4-1 42-26 291,186
20 Serena Williams 0-0-1 29-11 310,211

Davis Cup

Sweden romped to a 5-0 sweep of the United States in the 1997 Davis Cup Finals. It was the Swedes' sixth Davis Cup title overall and their fifth in the last 13 years. The Finals shutout was the first since Sweden blanked India in 1987. The Americans hadn't been shutout in the finals since 1973, when they were crushed by Australia.


1997 Final

Sweden 5, United States 0
at Goteborg, Sweden (Nov. 28-30)

Day One— Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) def. Michael Chang (USA), 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Magnus Larsson (SWE) def. Pete Sampras (USA), 3-6, 7-6 (1), 2-1 (def.).

Day Two— Bjorkman & Nicklas Kulti (SWE) def. Todd Martin & Jonathan Stark (USA), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Day Three— Bjorkman (SWE) def. Stark (USA), 6-1, 6-1; Larsson (SWE) def. Chang (USA), 7-6(4), 6-7(6), 6-4.


1998 Early Rounds

First Round
(April 3-5)

Winner Loser
at United States 3 Russia 2
Sweden 3 at Slovakia 2
at Germany 5 South Africa 0
Spain 3 at Brazil 2
at Switzerland 3 Czech Republic 2
at Italy 4 India 1
Zimbabwe 3 at Australia 2
at Belgium 3 Netherlands 2

Quarterfinals
(July 17-19)

Winner Loser
at United States 4 Belgium 1
Sweden 3 at Germany 2
at Spain 4 Switzerland 1
at Italy 5 Zimbabwe 0


Semifinals

Italy 4, United States 1
at Milwaukee, Wisc. (Sept. 25-27)

Day One— Andrea Gaudenzi (ITA) def. Jan-Michael Gambill (USA), 6-2, 0-6, 7-6(0), 7-6(4); Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) def. Todd Martin (USA), 7-6(0), 6-3, 7-6(8).

Day Two— Diego Nargiso & Gaudenzi (ITA) def. Martin & Justin Gimelstob (USA), 6-4, 7-6(3), 5-7, 2-6, 6-3.

Day Three— Gianluca Pozzi (ITA) def. Gimelstob (USA), 7-6(4), 7-5; Gambill (USA) def. Sanguinetti (ITA), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.


Sweden 4, Spain 1
at Stockholm, Sweden (Sept. 25-27)

Day One— Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) def. Alex Corretja (SPA), 6-3, 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-3; Thomas Johansson (SWE) def. Carlos Moya (SPA), 7-5, 7-6(4), 7-6(6).

Day Two— Bjorkman & Nicklas Kulti (SWE) def. Javier Sanchez & Julian Alonso (SPA), 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.

Day Three— Bjorkman (SWE) def. Moya (SPA), 6-3, 7-5; Alonso (SPA) def. Johansson (SWE), 6-1, 7-6(0).

 

[SAMPRAS]

Final 1997 Computer Rankings and Money Won

Men
Finish
1-2-SF W-L Earnings
1 Pete Sampras 8-0-1 55-12 $6,498,311
2 Patrick Rafter 1-6-4 65-29 2,923,519
3 Michael Chang 5-0-5 57-21 2,541,830
4 Jonas Bjorkman 3-2-8 71-26 1,950,375
5 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3-1-5 55-27 3,207,757
6 Greg Rusedski 2-4-5 53-23 1,515,473
7 Carlos Moya 1-5-4 56-30 1,137,400
8 Sergi Bruguera 0-4-2 49-28 1,227,428
9 Thomas Muster 2-1-3 46-24 2,166,590
10 Marcelo Rios 1-4-0 60-26 1,397,445
11 Richard Krajicek 3-1-1 49-19 1,434,564
12 Alex Corretja 3-2-2 49-22 1,182,807
13 Petr Korda 1-3-4 55-24 1,515,483
14 Gustavo Kuerten 1-2-1 36-25 1,586,753
15 Goran Ivanisevic 3-2-5 53-22 1,458,257
16 Felix Mantilla 5-1-1 53-22 1,105,593
17 Tim Henman 2-2-3 48-24 1,828,358
18 Mark Philippoussis 3-2-1 48-21 904,211
19 Albert Costa 2-0-4 44-22 864,684
20 Cedric Pioline 1-1-5 36-28 999,701

WOMEN
Finish
1-2-SF W-L Earnings
1 Martina Hingis 12-1-2 75-5 $3,400,196
2 Jana Novotna 4-3-5 54-15 1,685,115
3 Lindsay Davenport 6-2-3 59-16 1,533,101
4 Amanda Coetzer 2-1-10 61-26 701,994
5 Monica Seles 3-4-1 45-13 914,020
6 Iva Majoli 3-0-4 45-23 1,227,332
7 Mary Pierce 1-4-1 45-15 881,639
8 Irina Spirlea 0-1-5 47-23 720,758
9 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 0-2-4 47-24 890,512
10 Mary Joe Fernandez 1-0-4 40-18 769,132
11 Nathalie Tauziat 1-2-1 45-21 600,642
12 Conchita Martinez 0-2-3 37-19 528,544
13 Sandrine Testud 1-1-0 44-23 417,753
14 Anke Huber 0-2-2 36-23 411,315
15 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 1-0-4 36-27 348,247
16 Sabine Appelmans 0-1-0 39-28 339,845
17 Lisa Raymond 0-2-2 31-21 450,070
18 Dominique van Roost 2-2-1 44-17 274,010
19 Ruxandra Dragomir 0-1-2 37-26 381,500
20 Ai Sugiyama 1-2-0 32-28 307,837





1998 Final

Sweden 4, Italy 1
at Milan, Italy (Dec. 4-6)

Day One— Magnus Norman (SWE) def. Andrea Gaudenzi (ITA), 6-7, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-6, ret; Magnus Gustafsson (SWE) def. Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) 6-1, 6-4, 6-0.

Day Two— Jonas Bjorkman & Nicklas Kulti (SWE) def. Sanguinetti/Diego Nargiso (ITA), 7-6 (7-1), 6-1, 6-3.

Day Three— Nargiso (ITA) def. Norman (SWE), 6-2, 6-3; Gustafsson (SWE) def. Gianluca Pozzi (ITA), 6-4, 6-2.


1998 Fed Cup


Originally the Federation Cup and started in 1963 by the International Tennis Federation as the Davis Cup of women's tennis. Played by 32 teams over one week at one site through 1994. Tournament changed in 1995 to Davis Cup-style format of four rounds and home sides.


Quarterfinals
(April 17-19)

Winner Loser
France 3 Belgium 2
Switzerland 4 Czech Republic 1
Spain 3 Germany 2
USA 5 Netherlands 0

Semifinals

Switzerland 5, France 0
at Sion, Switzerland (July 25-26)

Day One— Martina Hingis (SWI) def. Julie Halard-Decugis (FRA), 7-5, 6-1; Patty Schnyder (SWI) def. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA), 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.

Day Two— Hingis (SWI) def. Mauresmo (FRA), 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-2; Schnyder (SWI) def. Halard-Decugis (FRA), 6-3, 6-2; Emmanuelle Gagliardi & Schnyder (SWI) def. Nathalie Tauziat & Alexandra Fusai (FRA), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.



Spain 3, United States 2
at Madrid, Spain (July 25-26)

Day One— Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA) def. Lisa Raymond (USA), 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-0; Monica Seles (USA) def. Conchita Martinez (SPA), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.

Day Two— Seles (USA) def. Sanchez Vicario (SPA), 6-4, 6-0; Martinez (SPA) def. Raymond (USA), 7-6 (7-1), 6-4; Sanchez Vicario & Martinez (SPA) def. Raymond & Mary Jo Fernandez (USA), 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 11-9.

Finals
Spain 3, Switzerland 2

at Geneva, Switzerland (Sept. 19-20)

Day One— Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA) def. Patty Schnyder (SWI), 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Martina Hingis (SWI) def. Conchita Martinez (SPA), 6-4, 6-4.

Day Two— Hingis (SWI) def. Sanchez Vicario (SPA), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; Martinez (SPA) def. Schnyder (SWI), 6-3, 2-6, 9-7; Sanchez Vicario & Martinez (SPA) def. Hingis & Schnyder (SWI), 6-0, 6-2.


Singles Leaders


Official Top 20 computer rankings and money leaders of men's and women's tours for 1997 and unofficial rankings and money leaders for 1998 (through Sept. 28), as compiled by the ATP Tour (Association of Tennis Professionals) and WTA (Women's Tennis Association). Note that money lists include doubles earnings.

 

[Andres]

And I was wondering how SAMPRAS got up to 450 posts.
10 posts here, 100 posts in the "best serve with pics" thread, another 100 with the "best forehand with pics" thread

Lol.

 

[Phil]

What a waste of bandwidth. "Player" fans can be pretty repulsive in their behavior (see the Graf, Seles, Nadal fans, too).

 

[Andy Hewitt]

This guy..... :neutral:

 

[Marat Safinator]

Sweden 4, Spain 1
at Stockholm, Sweden (Sept. 25-27)

Day One— Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) def. Alex Corretja (SPA), 6-3, 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-3; Thomas Johansson (SWE) def. Carlos Moya (SPA), 7-5, 7-6(4), 7-6(6).

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information that should be treasured, thank you.