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Javier Sanchez #38 def. F. Fontang #235

6-4 3-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 11, 1997*
Tournament	Estoril
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Javier Sanchez
Score	6-4 3-6 7-5
Loser	F. Fontang
Duration	2h 34m

Stat	Javier Sanchez	F. Fontang
Aces	4	0
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	69	71
First serve points won %	60	58
Second serve points won %	47	53
Break points saved %	71	54
Break points converted %	46	29
Service points won %	56	56
Return points won %	44	44
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Javier Sanchez	F. Fontang
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Feb 1, 1968	Mar 18, 1970
Age	29	27
Height	177	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	38	235
Ranking points (entering)	1,028	168
Elo (entering)	1,724	1,460
Career W-L	321–328	28–60
Career earnings	$4,427,811	$513,509

Pre-match H2H

Javier Sanchez 1 – 1 F. Fontang

Path

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1997	R32	B. Fragoso	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1997	QF	Gilbert Schaller	6-0 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

F. Fontang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1997	R32	M. Goellner	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data