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Alberto Berasategui #25 def. Christian Ruud #59

6-0 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 14, 1996*
Tournament	Bucharest
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Alberto Berasategui
Score	6-0 7-5
Loser	Christian Ruud
Duration	1h 10m

Stat	Alberto Berasategui	Christian Ruud
Aces	0	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	65	69
First serve points won %	63	38
Second serve points won %	63	47
Break points saved %	0	25
Break points converted %	75	100
Service points won %	63	41
Return points won %	59	37
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alberto Berasategui	Christian Ruud
Country	ESP	NOR
Birth date	Jun 28, 1973	Aug 24, 1972
Age	23	24
Height	173	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	59
Ranking points (entering)	1,319	767
Elo (entering)	1,817	1,657
Career W-L	276–195	98–128
Career earnings	$4,676,187	$1,399,813

Pre-match H2H

Alberto Berasategui 1 – 0 Christian Ruud

Path

Alberto Berasategui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1996	QF	Ion Moldovan	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1996	R16	Richard Fromberg	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1996	R32	Kris Goossens	4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Alberto Berasategui's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1996	F	Carlos Moya	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Christian Ruud's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1996	QF	Dinu Pescariu	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1996	R16	Thomas Johansson	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1996	R32	Boris Becker	5-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data