R16 Barcelona Open 1997

Karim Alami #61 def. Christian Ruud #46

6-3 6-2

Karim Alami defeated Christian Ruud 6-3 6-2 in the 1997 Barcelona Open round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 18, 1997*
Tournament: Barcelona Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: R16
Duration: 1h 13m

Match Statistics

Stat	Karim Alami	Christian Ruud
Aces	4	0
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	62.0%	74.0%
First serve points won %	66.0%	50.0%
Second serve points won %	60.0%	33.0%
Break points saved %	33.0%	38.0%
Break points converted %	62.0%	67.0%
Service points won %	63.0%	46.0%
Return points won %	54.0%	37.0%
Total points won %	59.0%	41.0%
Match Serve+	+1.5	-16.3
Match Return+	+16.3	-1.6

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1997 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Karim Alami	Christian Ruud
Country	MAR	NOR
Birth date	May 24, 1973	Aug 24, 1972
Age	23	24
Height	185 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	61	46
Ranking points (entering)	772	898
Elo (entering)	1,645	1,746
Current career W-L	143–179	100–131
Current career earnings	$2,087,596	$1,399,813

Pre-match H2H

Karim Alami #61 0 – 2 Christian Ruud #46

Path

Karim Alami's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Goran Ivanisevic #5	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1997	R32
Galo Blanco #95	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1997	R64

Karim Alami's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Albert Portas #133	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 1997	QF

Christian Ruud's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Donald Johnson #442	6-4 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1997	R32
Bohdan Ulihrach #27	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1997	R64