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Flavio Saretta #78 def. Galo Blanco #139

7-6(3) 6-2 2-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 2003*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Flavio Saretta
Score	7-6(3) 6-2 2-2 (ret.)
Loser	Galo Blanco
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Flavio Saretta	Galo Blanco
Aces	11	5
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	49	49
First serve points won %	66	65
Second serve points won %	58	49
Break points saved %	67	20
Break points converted %	80	33
Service points won %	62	57
Return points won %	43	38
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Flavio Saretta	Galo Blanco
Country	BRA	ESP
Birth date	Jun 28, 1980	Oct 8, 1976
Age	22	26
Height	183	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	78	139
Ranking points (entering)	546	278
Elo (entering)	1,726	1,687
Career W-L	68–74	122–175
Career earnings	$1,239,319	$1,832,691

Pre-match H2H

Flavio Saretta 0 – 0 Galo Blanco

Path

Flavio Saretta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2003	R64	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 3-6 6-0 6-7(0) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Alberto Martin	7-6(4) 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Flavio Saretta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2003	R16	Andre Agassi	2-6 1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2003	R64	Mariano Puerta	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Alex Corretja	5-7 6-3 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2003	Q3	Janko Tipsarevic	6-2 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2003	Q2	Xavier Pujo	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2003	Q1	Lovro Zovko	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data