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Albert Portas #33 def. F. Messori #326

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 1997*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Albert Portas
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	F. Messori
Duration	59m

Stat	Albert Portas	F. Messori
Aces	1	1
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	77	52
First serve points won %	70	56
Second serve points won %	38	40
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	62	48
Return points won %	52	38
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Albert Portas	F. Messori
Country	ESP	ITA
Birth date	Nov 15, 1973	Nov 12, 1973
Age	23	23
Height	188	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	33	326
Ranking points (entering)	0	107
Elo (entering)	1,684	1,508
Career W-L	142–198	2–5
Career earnings	$2,972,633	$291,151

Pre-match H2H

Albert Portas 0 – 1 F. Messori

Path

Albert Portas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	M. Craca	5-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Portas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Dominik Hrbaty	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

F. Messori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	A. Voinea	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data