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J. Balcells #112 def. Albert Portas #70

7-5 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 16, 2000*
Tournament	Bucharest
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	J. Balcells
Score	7-5 4-6 6-2
Loser	Albert Portas
Duration	2h 3m

Stat	J. Balcells	Albert Portas
Aces	1	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	77	54
First serve points won %	62	61
Second serve points won %	48	54
Break points saved %	73	44
Break points converted %	56	27
Service points won %	59	58
Return points won %	42	41
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Balcells	Albert Portas
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	—	Nov 15, 1973
Age	—	26
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	112	70
Ranking points (entering)	361	597
Elo (entering)	1,610	1,682
Career W-L	38–46	142–198
Career earnings	$815,801	$2,972,633

Pre-match H2H

J. Balcells 0 – 1 Albert Portas

Path

J. Balcells's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 2000	R16	Mariano Puerta	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 2000	R32	A. Simoni	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Balcells's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 2000	SF	M. Goellner	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Portas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 2000	R16	Sergi Bruguera	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 2000	R32	Richard Fromberg	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data