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Mariano Puerta #58 def. Alex Corretja #7

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 10, 1998*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Alex Corretja
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Alex Corretja
Aces	3	3
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	67	44
First serve points won %	69	66
Second serve points won %	78	46
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	72	55
Return points won %	45	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Alex Corretja
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Apr 11, 1974
Age	20	24
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	58	7
Ranking points (entering)	727	2,572
Elo (entering)	1,657	1,956
Career W-L	121–116	415–277
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$10,411,354

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 0 – 0 Alex Corretja

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1998	QF	Fernando Vicente	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1998	R16	Francisco Clavet	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1998	R32	Juan Antonio Marin	7-6(8) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

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

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1998	QF	Nicolas Lapentti	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1998	R16	Albert Portas	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1998	R32	Sergi Bruguera	6-0 2-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data