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Alberto Berasategui #13 def. Brett Steven #59

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 17, 1998*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Alberto Berasategui
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Brett Steven
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Alberto Berasategui	Brett Steven
Aces	1	4
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	77	61
First serve points won %	70	65
Second serve points won %	62	39
Break points saved %	100	79
Break points converted %	21	0
Service points won %	68	54
Return points won %	46	32
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alberto Berasategui	Brett Steven
Country	ESP	NZL
Birth date	Jun 28, 1973	Apr 27, 1969
Age	24	29
Height	173	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	59
Ranking points (entering)	2,021	763
Elo (entering)	1,937	1,719
Career W-L	276–195	157–152
Career earnings	$4,676,187	$2,439,714

Pre-match H2H

Alberto Berasategui 0 – 0 Brett Steven

Path

Alberto Berasategui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	7-6(3) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Wayne Ferreira	6-3 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Giorgio Galimberti	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alberto Berasategui's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1998	SF	Albert Costa	3-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Brett Steven's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Carlos Moya	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Sjeng Schalken	2-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Guillaume Raoux	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data