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Franco Squillari #54 def. Galo Blanco #85

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

Match Information

Date	Oct 10, 1998*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Franco Squillari
Score	6-1 2-6 7-6(2)
Loser	Galo Blanco
Duration	2h 12m

Stat	Franco Squillari	Galo Blanco
Aces	4	3
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	70	56
First serve points won %	59	51
Second serve points won %	50	48
Break points saved %	69	57
Break points converted %	43	31
Service points won %	57	49
Return points won %	51	43
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Franco Squillari	Galo Blanco
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Aug 22, 1975	Oct 8, 1976
Age	23	22
Height	183	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	54	85
Ranking points (entering)	788	545
Elo (entering)	1,622	1,656
Career W-L	146–159	122–175
Career earnings	$2,504,591	$1,832,691

Pre-match H2H

Franco Squillari 0 – 1 Galo Blanco

Path

Franco Squillari's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1998	QF	Mariano Zabaleta	5-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1998	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1998	R32	Federico Luzzi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Franco Squillari's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1998	F	Mariano Puerta	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1998	QF	Arnaud Di Pasquale	7-6(7) 6-2	W	—	Match data
Oct 9, 1998	R16	Jean Baptiste Perlant	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1998	R32	Davide Sanguinetti	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data