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A. Cherkasov#40 def. Karim Alami#298

7-6(5) 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 21, 1993*
Tournament	Bologna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	A. Cherkasov
Score	7-6(5) 7-5
Loser	Karim Alami
Duration	2h 17m

Stat	A. Cherkasov	Karim Alami
Aces	2	5
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	60	57
First serve points won %	60	61
Second serve points won %	60	44
Break points saved %	44	45
Break points converted %	55	56
Service points won %	60	53
Return points won %	47	40
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Cherkasov	Karim Alami
Country	RUS	MAR
Birth date	Jul 4, 1970	May 24, 1973
Age	22	19
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	40	298
Ranking points (entering)	745	90
Elo (entering)	1,697	1,486
Career W-L	170–198	140–177
Career earnings	$2,260,281	$2,087,596

Pre-match H2H

A. Cherkasov 0 – 0 Karim Alami

Path

A. Cherkasov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1993	R32	Claudio Mezzadri	7-6(6) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

A. Cherkasov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1993	QF	Franco Davin	6-7(2) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1993	R32	R. Azar	7-6(12) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data