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Francisco Clavet #44 def. Nicolas Lapentti #89

7-5 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Oct 25, 1997*
Tournament	Mexico City
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Francisco Clavet
Score	7-5 7-6(5)
Loser	Nicolas Lapentti
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Francisco Clavet	Nicolas Lapentti
Aces	3	6
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	78	51
First serve points won %	63	82
Second serve points won %	57	34
Break points saved %	70	60
Break points converted %	40	30
Service points won %	61	58
Return points won %	42	39
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Francisco Clavet	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	ESP	ECU
Birth date	Oct 24, 1968	Aug 13, 1976
Age	29	21
Height	183	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	44	89
Ranking points (entering)	931	545
Elo (entering)	1,799	1,649
Career W-L	388–340	282–280
Career earnings	$4,271,881	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Francisco Clavet 1 – 0 Nicolas Lapentti

Path

Francisco Clavet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1997	QF	Andre Sa	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1997	R16	Jordi Burillo	3-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1997	R32	Andrea Gaudenzi	4-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Francisco Clavet's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1997	F	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-4 7-6(7)	W	—	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1997	QF	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	6-2 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1997	R16	Galo Blanco	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1997	R32	Oleg Ogorodov	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data