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Alberto Berasategui #14 def. Boris Becker #66

6-7(4) 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 1998*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Alberto Berasategui
Score	6-7(4) 7-5 6-1
Loser	Boris Becker
Duration	1h 52m

Stat	Alberto Berasategui	Boris Becker
Aces	2	5
Double faults	3	9
First serve %	80	52
First serve points won %	73	73
Second serve points won %	52	47
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	69	60
Return points won %	40	31
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alberto Berasategui	Boris Becker
Country	ESP	GER
Birth date	Jun 28, 1973	Nov 22, 1967
Age	24	30
Height	173	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	66
Ranking points (entering)	1,948	706
Elo (entering)	1,920	1,914
Career W-L	276–195	670–219
Career earnings	$4,676,187	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

Alberto Berasategui 0 – 0 Boris Becker

Path

Alberto Berasategui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1998	R16	Slava Dosedel	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1998	R32	Daniel Vacek	6-0 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1998	R64	Todd Woodbridge	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Alberto Berasategui's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1998	SF	Cedric Pioline	3-6 6-0 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1998	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1998	R32	Greg Rusedski	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1998	R64	Jan Siemerink	5-7 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data