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Karim Alami #52 def. M. Craca #112

4-6 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1997*
Tournament	Marbella
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Karim Alami
Score	4-6 6-3 7-5
Loser	M. Craca
Duration	1h 59m

Stat	Karim Alami	M. Craca
Aces	5	6
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	64	59
First serve points won %	76	56
Second serve points won %	41	54
Break points saved %	64	17
Break points converted %	83	36
Service points won %	63	55
Return points won %	45	37
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karim Alami	M. Craca
Country	MAR	GER
Birth date	May 24, 1973	Oct 27, 1974
Age	24	22
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	52	112
Ranking points (entering)	838	397
Elo (entering)	1,692	1,569
Career W-L	140–177	11–23
Career earnings	$2,087,596	$273,659

Pre-match H2H

Karim Alami 1 – 0 M. Craca

Path

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1997	R32	I. Moldovan	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1997	QF	Dominik Hrbaty	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

M. Craca's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1997	R32	Gilbert Schaller	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data