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Karim Alami #43 def. M. Hipfl #69

4-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 9, 1999*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Karim Alami
Score	4-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	M. Hipfl
Duration	1h 57m

Stat	Karim Alami	M. Hipfl
Aces	8	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	67	69
First serve points won %	70	62
Second serve points won %	50	57
Break points saved %	50	64
Break points converted %	36	50
Service points won %	64	60
Return points won %	40	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karim Alami	M. Hipfl
Country	MAR	AUT
Birth date	May 24, 1973	Apr 26, 1978
Age	26	21
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	43	69
Ranking points (entering)	928	668
Elo (entering)	1,743	1,600
Career W-L	140–177	55–78
Career earnings	$2,087,596	$787,415

Pre-match H2H

Karim Alami 0 – 0 M. Hipfl

Path

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1999	R16	Younes El Aynaoui	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data

Karim Alami's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1999	SF	Arnaud Di Pasquale	6-7(6) 5-7	L	—	Match data

M. Hipfl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1999	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	David Sanchez	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data