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Alex Corretja #7 def. Franco Squillari #47

5-7 7-6(4) 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1999*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	5-7 7-6(4) 7-5
Loser	Franco Squillari
Duration	2h 58m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Franco Squillari
Aces	3	4
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	50	66
First serve points won %	58	53
Second serve points won %	45	47
Break points saved %	27	56
Break points converted %	44	73
Service points won %	51	51
Return points won %	49	49
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Franco Squillari
Country	ESP	ARG
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Aug 22, 1975
Age	25	23
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	47
Ranking points (entering)	2,683	933
Elo (entering)	1,883	1,725
Career W-L	415–277	146–159
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$2,504,591

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 0 – 0 Franco Squillari

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Fabrice Santoro	7-6(1) 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Hicham Arazi	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Diego Nargiso	6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	SF	Gustavo Kuerten	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Franco Squillari's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Carlos Moya	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Davide Sanguinetti	6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Marco Meneschincheri	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data