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Jens Knippschild #91 def. Mariano Zabaleta #27

7-6(4) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 22, 1999*
Tournament	Stuttgart Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Jens Knippschild
Score	7-6(4) 6-1
Loser	Mariano Zabaleta
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Jens Knippschild	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	7	2
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	38	48
First serve points won %	92	70
Second serve points won %	48	45
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	64	57
Return points won %	43	36
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jens Knippschild	Mariano Zabaleta
Country	GER	ARG
Birth date	Feb 15, 1975	Feb 28, 1978
Age	24	21
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	91	27
Ranking points (entering)	561	1,286
Elo (entering)	1,681	1,768
Career W-L	47–69	199–206
Career earnings	$1,017,972	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Jens Knippschild 0 – 0 Mariano Zabaleta

Path

Jens Knippschild's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1999	R64	Jan Kroslak	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data

Jens Knippschild's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1999	R16	Marcelo Rios	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's path

No prior matches in this tournament.