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Potito Starace #47 def. Victor Hanescu #58

6-1 6-7(3) 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Apr 9, 2011*
Tournament	Casablanca
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Potito Starace
Score	6-1 6-7(3) 7-6(2)
Loser	Victor Hanescu
Duration	2h 30m

Stat	Potito Starace	Victor Hanescu
Aces	2	2
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	75	68
First serve points won %	67	62
Second serve points won %	54	67
Break points saved %	25	50
Break points converted %	50	75
Service points won %	63	63
Return points won %	37	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Potito Starace	Victor Hanescu
Country	ITA	ROU
Birth date	Jul 14, 1981	Jul 21, 1981
Age	29	29
Height	188	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	47	58
Ranking points (entering)	990	850
Elo (entering)	1,758	1,722
Career W-L	147–188	186–226
Career earnings	$3,796,316	$4,330,340

Pre-match H2H

Potito Starace 2 – 2 Victor Hanescu

Path

Potito Starace's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2011	QF	Gilles Simon	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2011	R16	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2011	R32	Daniel Brands	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Potito Starace's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 2011	F	Pablo Andujar	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Victor Hanescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2011	QF	Andrey Kuznetsov	6-7(1) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2011	R16	Michael Berrer	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2011	R32	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data