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Fernando Meligeni #75 def. D. Pescariu #123

7-6(5) 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	May 2, 1998*
Tournament	Prague
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Fernando Meligeni
Score	7-6(5) 7-6(2)
Loser	D. Pescariu
Duration	1h 47m

Stat	Fernando Meligeni	D. Pescariu
Aces	2	0
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	49	77
First serve points won %	68	60
Second serve points won %	52	56
Break points saved %	25	50
Break points converted %	50	75
Service points won %	60	59
Return points won %	41	40
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Meligeni	D. Pescariu
Country	BRA	ROU
Birth date	Apr 12, 1971	Apr 12, 1974
Age	27	24
Height	180	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	75	123
Ranking points (entering)	605	379
Elo (entering)	1,682	1,508
Career W-L	185–199	23–55
Career earnings	$2,555,367	$676,539

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Meligeni 0 – 0 D. Pescariu

Path

Fernando Meligeni's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1998	QF	Andrei Chesnokov	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1998	R16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1998	R32	A. Cherkasov	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Meligeni's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1998	F	Slava Dosedel	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

D. Pescariu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1998	QF	Javier Sanchez	6-7(4) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1998	R16	M. Tabara	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1998	R32	David Prinosil	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data