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Mariano Puerta #73 def. Galo Blanco #91

4-6 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 14, 1998*
Tournament	San Marino
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	4-6 6-3 6-1
Loser	Galo Blanco
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Galo Blanco
Aces	3	8
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	64	47
First serve points won %	71	63
Second serve points won %	59	51
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	66	57
Return points won %	43	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Galo Blanco
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Oct 8, 1976
Age	19	21
Height	180	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	73	91
Ranking points (entering)	620	543
Elo (entering)	1,600	1,651
Career W-L	121–116	122–175
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$1,832,691

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 1 – 0 Galo Blanco

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1998	R32	Lucas Arnold Ker	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1998	QF	Mariano Zabaleta	4-6 6-3 4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1998	R32	Magnus Norman	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data