81.  Hewitt had won all four previous matches against Bjorkman, but this was their first meeting on grass.

82.  Her groundstrokes were far more accurate than in previous matches.

83.  Hingis fought from behind the whole match against Van Roost, who blitzed Venus Williams in straight sets in her previous match.

84.  In eight previous matches, they had each won four but had never played on grass.

85.  In four previous matches against top ten players, he beat Marcelo Rios and Thomas Muster and lost to Thomas Enqvist and Carlos Moya.

86.  In previous matches, Williams had been reluctant to go to net, a tactic that many believe she needs to master in order to win on grass.

87.  In his previous match, Sampras had beaten a much different player in serve-and-volley specialist Todd Martin.

88.  In the only previous match between the teams this year, Carlton edged visitor Geelong by three points at Princes Park.

89.  In the previous home match, Brighton fans threw fireworks at Bellotti as he was sitting watching the game.

90.  In the previous match Rusedski fell one set behind as he was broken by Schalken in the ninth game.