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Mariano Puerta #73 def. Mariano Zabaleta #96

4-6 6-3 4-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Aug 15, 1998*
Tournament	San Marino
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	4-6 6-3 4-0 (ret.)
Loser	Mariano Zabaleta
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	5	10
Double faults	1	8
First serve %	69	44
First serve points won %	73	70
Second serve points won %	65	43
Break points saved %	50	71
Break points converted %	29	50
Service points won %	70	55
Return points won %	45	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Mariano Zabaleta
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Feb 28, 1978
Age	19	20
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	73	96
Ranking points (entering)	620	519
Elo (entering)	1,619	1,665
Career W-L	121–116	199–206
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 0 – 0 Mariano Zabaleta

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1998	R16	Galo Blanco	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	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	SF	Richard Fromberg	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1998	R16	Fernando Vicente	5-7 7-6(10) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1998	R32	Renzo Furlan	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data