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Karim Alami #72 def. Franco Squillari #60

6-2 6-7(2) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 1999*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Karim Alami
Score	6-2 6-7(2) 7-5
Loser	Franco Squillari
Duration	2h 3m

Stat	Karim Alami	Franco Squillari
Aces	6	4
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	59	55
First serve points won %	72	73
Second serve points won %	47	45
Break points saved %	78	29
Break points converted %	71	22
Service points won %	61	61
Return points won %	39	39
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karim Alami	Franco Squillari
Country	MAR	ARG
Birth date	May 24, 1973	Aug 22, 1975
Age	25	23
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	72	60
Ranking points (entering)	676	747
Elo (entering)	1,666	1,609
Career W-L	140–177	146–159
Career earnings	$2,087,596	$2,504,591

Pre-match H2H

Karim Alami 0 – 1 Franco Squillari

Path

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1999	R32	Petr Korda	7-6(5) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1999	QF	Hicham Arazi	6-1 6-7(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Franco Squillari's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1999	R32	Bohdan Ulihrach	2-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data