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Mariano Zabaleta #48 def. Nicolas Lapentti #41

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 9, 1999*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mariano Zabaleta
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Nicolas Lapentti
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	Nicolas Lapentti
Aces	2	2
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	62	53
First serve points won %	88	67
Second serve points won %	60	46
Break points saved %	100	73
Break points converted %	27	0
Service points won %	77	57
Return points won %	43	23
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Zabaleta	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	ARG	ECU
Birth date	Feb 28, 1978	Aug 13, 1976
Age	21	22
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	48	41
Ranking points (entering)	884	965
Elo (entering)	1,758	1,787
Career W-L	199–206	282–280
Career earnings	$3,204,127	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta 0 – 0 Nicolas Lapentti

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1999	QF	Tim Henman	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1999	R16	Francisco Clavet	7-6(5) 6-7(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1999	R32	Albert Costa	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1999	R64	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1999	F	Marcelo Rios	7-6(5) 5-7 7-5 6-7(5) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1999	QF	Arnaud Di Pasquale	6-4 6-7(6) 6-2	W	—	Match data
May 8, 1999	R16	Hicham Arazi	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1999	R32	Marc Rosset	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1999	R64	Lars Burgsmuller	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data