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Galo Blanco #116 def. Mariano Zabaleta #66

4-6 7-6(4) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 2001*
Tournament	Acapulco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Galo Blanco
Score	4-6 7-6(4) 6-4
Loser	Mariano Zabaleta
Duration	2h 17m

Stat	Galo Blanco	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	12	10
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	58	61
First serve points won %	74	67
Second serve points won %	61	54
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	68	62
Return points won %	38	32
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Galo Blanco	Mariano Zabaleta
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Oct 8, 1976	Feb 28, 1978
Age	24	23
Height	173	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	116	66
Ranking points (entering)	337	630
Elo (entering)	1,587	1,644
Career W-L	122–175	199–206
Career earnings	$1,832,691	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Galo Blanco 0 – 0 Mariano Zabaleta

Path

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2001	R32	Franco Squillari	3-6 6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Galo Blanco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2001	QF	Christian Ruud	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2001	R32	German Puentes	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data