Stats without the last 7 games (83% done); number of aces, double faults & break points valid for the entire contest
Points won by each set: | 33-23, 45-40, 25-29, 34-34 |
Points won directly behind the serve (first three sets):
20 % Agassi – 19 of 95
20 % Hrbaty – 20 of 100
[30] Hrbaty’s lone major semifinal at the age of 21, but no fluke as he had defeated on Centre Court: contemporary no. 1 Kafelnikov, future no. 1 Safin and former no. 1 Rios. He had also a basis to believe he’d cause another upset because a few months earlier he’d defeated Agassi 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 at Key Biscayne in their first meeting. The semifinal in Paris was very unfortunate for him, hypothetically he could have won that match in straight sets: in the opener he led *4:2 (40/0) when Agassi [14] aggressively returned his good first serve, and the American won 16 points in a row afterwards. In the 2nd set Hrbaty led 6:5* (30/0) and *5:3 (in the 6/8 tie-break) when Agassi’s return landed on the baseline. It started to rain in the 3rd set, and in the heavy conditions as the rallies were longer, the more patient Slovak was more efficient. From *2:3 he won six games while Agassi just one. Then, at 1:2 in the 4th, the American began to question the quality of the court (muddy in his opinion), and he convinced the officials the match should have been stopped against Hrbaty’s will. After the resumption the following day, in sunny conditions, Agassi quickly faced a double break point, but he escaped, and one break gave him the victory – on Saturday they spent just 24 minutes on the court (27-25 for Agassi in total points).
Stats without the last 7 games (83% done); number of aces, double faults & break points valid for the entire contest
Points won by each set: | 33-23, 45-40, 25-29, 34-34 |
Points won directly behind the serve (first three sets):
20 % Agassi – 19 of 95
20 % Hrbaty – 20 of 100
[30] Hrbaty’s lone major semifinal at the age of 21, but no fluke as he had defeated on Centre Court: contemporary no. 1 Kafelnikov, future no. 1 Safin and former no. 1 Rios. He had also a basis to believe he’d cause another upset because a few months earlier he’d defeated Agassi 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 at Key Biscayne in their first meeting. The semifinal in Paris was very unfortunate for him, hypothetically he could have won that match in straight sets: in the opener he led *4:2 (40/0) when Agassi [14] aggressively returned his good first serve, and the American won 16 points in a row afterwards. In the 2nd set Hrbaty led 6:5* (30/0) and *5:3 (in the 6/8 tie-break) when Agassi’s return landed on the baseline. It started to rain in the 3rd set, and in the heavy conditions as the rallies were longer, the more patient Slovak was more efficient. From *2:3 he won six games while Agassi just one. Then, at 1:2 in the 4th, the American began to question the quality of the court (muddy in his opinion), and he convinced the officials the match should have been stopped against Hrbaty’s will. After the resumption the following day, in sunny conditions, Agassi quickly faced a double break point, but he escaped, and one break gave him the victory – on Saturday they spent just 24 minutes on the court (27-25 for Agassi in total points).
Serve & volley: both 0 for three sets