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Fernando Gonzalez #24 def. Jose Acasuso #46

5-7 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 29, 2002*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Fernando Gonzalez
Score	5-7 6-3 6-1
Loser	Jose Acasuso
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Fernando Gonzalez	Jose Acasuso
Aces	4	1
Double faults	9	3
First serve %	57	53
First serve points won %	76	57
Second serve points won %	45	54
Break points saved %	82	55
Break points converted %	45	18
Service points won %	63	55
Return points won %	45	37
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Gonzalez	Jose Acasuso
Country	CHI	ARG
Birth date	Jul 29, 1980	Oct 20, 1982
Age	22	19
Height	183	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	46
Ranking points (entering)	1,340	765
Elo (entering)	1,871	1,714
Career W-L	330–192	181–178
Career earnings	$8,862,276	$3,642,422

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Gonzalez 1 – 0 Jose Acasuso

Path

Fernando Gonzalez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2002	SF	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2002	QF	Alberto Martin	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2002	R16	Albert Montanes	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2002	R32	Zeljko Krajan	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Gonzalez's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jose Acasuso's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2002	SF	Marcelo Rios	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2002	QF	Luis Horna	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2002	R16	Nicolas Coutelot	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2002	R32	Andreas Vinciguerra	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data