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Alex Corretja #18 def. Christian Ruud #48

6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Apr 27, 1997*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	6-2 6-0
Loser	Christian Ruud
Duration	1h 3m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Christian Ruud
Aces	1	0
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	60	58
First serve points won %	77	38
Second serve points won %	71	33
Break points saved %	100	44
Break points converted %	56	0
Service points won %	74	36
Return points won %	64	26
Total points won %	70	30

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Christian Ruud
Country	ESP	NOR
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Aug 24, 1972
Age	23	24
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	18	48
Ranking points (entering)	1,494	898
Elo (entering)	1,810	1,765
Career W-L	415–277	98–128
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$1,399,813

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 1 – 1 Christian Ruud

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1997	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	4-6 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1997	R64	Nuno Marques	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1997	SF	Fabrice Santoro	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Christian Ruud's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1997	R16	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	5-7 7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1997	R64	Sjeng Schalken	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data