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Cedric Pioline #16 def. Alberto Berasategui #14

6-3 0-6 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 1998*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Cedric Pioline
Score	6-3 0-6 7-6(5)
Loser	Alberto Berasategui
Duration	1h 47m

Stat	Cedric Pioline	Alberto Berasategui
Aces	3	0
Double faults	5	0
First serve %	62	79
First serve points won %	60	51
Second serve points won %	33	69
Break points saved %	46	44
Break points converted %	56	54
Service points won %	50	55
Return points won %	45	50
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cedric Pioline	Alberto Berasategui
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Jun 15, 1969	Jun 28, 1973
Age	28	24
Height	188	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	14
Ranking points (entering)	1,771	1,948
Elo (entering)	1,907	1,936
Career W-L	370–301	276–195
Career earnings	$6,921,029	$4,676,187

Pre-match H2H

Cedric Pioline 2 – 2 Alberto Berasategui

Path

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1998	QF	Fabrice Santoro	1-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1998	R16	Gustavo Kuerten	7-6(6) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1998	R32	Sebastien Grosjean	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1998	R64	Carlos Costa	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1998	F	Carlos Moya	3-6 0-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Alberto Berasategui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1998	QF	Boris Becker	6-7(4) 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1998	R16	Slava Dosedel	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1998	R32	Daniel Vacek	6-0 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1998	R64	Todd Woodbridge	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data