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Karim Alami #61 def. Christian Ruud #46

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 1997*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Karim Alami
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Christian Ruud
Duration	1h 13m

Stat	Karim Alami	Christian Ruud
Aces	4	0
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	62	74
First serve points won %	66	50
Second serve points won %	60	33
Break points saved %	33	38
Break points converted %	62	67
Service points won %	63	46
Return points won %	54	37
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karim Alami	Christian Ruud
Country	MAR	NOR
Birth date	May 24, 1973	Aug 24, 1972
Age	23	24
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	61	46
Ranking points (entering)	772	898
Elo (entering)	1,645	1,740
Career W-L	140–177	98–128
Career earnings	$2,087,596	$1,399,813

Pre-match H2H

Karim Alami 0 – 2 Christian Ruud

Path

Karim Alami's path

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

Karim Alami's next match

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

Christian Ruud's path

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