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Alberto Berasategui #16 def. M. Goellner #47

7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 18, 1997*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Alberto Berasategui
Score	7-5 7-5
Loser	M. Goellner
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Alberto Berasategui	M. Goellner
Aces	3	6
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	74	46
First serve points won %	71	70
Second serve points won %	50	45
Break points saved %	75	69
Break points converted %	31	25
Service points won %	65	56
Return points won %	44	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alberto Berasategui	M. Goellner
Country	ESP	GER
Birth date	Jun 28, 1973	Sep 22, 1970
Age	23	26
Height	173	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	47
Ranking points (entering)	1,619	916
Elo (entering)	1,838	1,729
Career W-L	276–195	152–188
Career earnings	$4,676,187	$2,700,899

Pre-match H2H

Alberto Berasategui 1 – 0 M. Goellner

Path

Alberto Berasategui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1997	R32	Patrick Rafter	3-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Daniel Vacek	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Alberto Berasategui's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1997	SF	Marcelo Rios	3-6 6-3 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

M. Goellner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Albert Costa	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1997	R32	Richard Krajicek	7-6(6) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Jonathan Stark	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data