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Alex Corretja #14 def. Cedric Pioline #17

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 1998*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Cedric Pioline
Aces	5	4
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	46	59
First serve points won %	78	64
Second serve points won %	50	35
Break points saved %	92	50
Break points converted %	50	8
Service points won %	63	52
Return points won %	48	37
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Cedric Pioline
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Jun 15, 1969
Age	24	28
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	17
Ranking points (entering)	1,989	1,957
Elo (entering)	1,942	1,930
Career W-L	415–277	370–301
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 2 – 1 Cedric Pioline

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1998	QF	Filip Dewulf	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1998	R16	Jason Stoltenberg	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1998	R32	Hernan Gumy	6-1 5-7 6-7(4) 7-5 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1998	R64	Fernando Vicente	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Karim Alami	6-3 6-2 0-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1998	F	Carlos Moya	3-6 5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1998	QF	Hicham Arazi	3-6 6-2 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1998	R16	Marat Safin	7-5 4-6 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1998	R32	Richard Krajicek	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1998	R64	Julien Boutter	7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Marcelo Filippini	6-1 3-6 7-5 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data