SF Austrian Open Kitzbühel 1997

Filip Dewulf #56 def. Galo Blanco #70

6-3 6-2

Filip Dewulf defeated Galo Blanco 6-3 6-2 in the 1997 Austrian Open Kitzbühel semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 26, 1997*
Tournament: Austrian Open Kitzbühel
Edition: 1997
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 51m

Match Statistics

Stat	Filip Dewulf	Galo Blanco
Aces	8	2
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	47.0%	51.0%
First serve points won %	95.0%	75.0%
Second serve points won %	64.0%	35.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	40.0%
Break points converted %	60.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	79.0%	55.0%
Return points won %	45.0%	21.0%
Total points won %	62.0%	38.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Filip Dewulf	Galo Blanco
Country	BEL	ESP
Birth date	Mar 15, 1972	Oct 8, 1976
Age	25	20
Height	190 cm	173 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	56	70
Ranking points (entering)	791	690
Elo (entering)	1,717	1,712
Current career W-L	85–109	122–175
Current career earnings	$1,503,987	$1,832,691

Pre-match H2H

Filip Dewulf #56 0 – 0 Galo Blanco #70

Path

Filip Dewulf's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 26, 1997	QF
Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data	Jul 25, 1997	R16
Martin Sinner #106	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 1997	R32

Filip Dewulf's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Julian Alonso #92	7-6(2) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 27, 1997	F

Galo Blanco's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stefan Koubek #171	6-7(6) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 26, 1997	QF
Alex Corretja #4	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 25, 1997	R16
Franco Squillari #113	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 1997	R32