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Karim Alami #78 def. Nicklas Kulti #122

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 5, 1996*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Karim Alami
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Nicklas Kulti
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Karim Alami	Nicklas Kulti
Aces	9	4
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	40	49
First serve points won %	81	57
Second serve points won %	49	50
Break points saved %	67	73
Break points converted %	27	33
Service points won %	62	53
Return points won %	47	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karim Alami	Nicklas Kulti
Country	MAR	SWE
Birth date	May 24, 1973	Apr 22, 1971
Age	22	25
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	78	122
Ranking points (entering)	622	381
Elo (entering)	1,613	1,719
Career W-L	140–177	150–179
Career earnings	$2,087,596	$3,186,946

Pre-match H2H

Karim Alami 0 – 0 Nicklas Kulti

Path

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1996	SF	Michael Chang	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1996	QF	Javier Frana	2-6 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1996	R16	Sandon Stolle	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1996	R32	Luis Adrian Morejon	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Nicklas Kulti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1996	SF	Richey Reneberg	6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1996	QF	Vincent Spadea	7-6(0) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1996	R16	Scott Draper	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1996	R32	Michael Joyce	7-6(5) 3-6 6-1	W	—	Match data