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Karim Alami #50 def. Alex Corretja #8

3-6 7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 14, 1998*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Karim Alami
Score	3-6 7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Alex Corretja
Duration	2h 30m

Stat	Karim Alami	Alex Corretja
Aces	6	8
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	55	60
First serve points won %	85	70
Second serve points won %	51	59
Break points saved %	75	88
Break points converted %	12	25
Service points won %	69	66
Return points won %	34	31
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karim Alami	Alex Corretja
Country	MAR	ESP
Birth date	May 24, 1973	Apr 11, 1974
Age	24	24
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	50	8
Ranking points (entering)	836	2,487
Elo (entering)	1,699	1,901
Career W-L	140–177	415–277
Career earnings	$2,087,596	$10,411,354

Pre-match H2H

Karim Alami 0 – 4 Alex Corretja

Path

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Andrea Gaudenzi	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Albert Costa	2-6 6-7(7)	L	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Mark Woodforde	7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data