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Alex Corretja #18 def. Fabrice Santoro #90

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 27, 1997*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	1h 40m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	1	2
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	49	40
First serve points won %	71	71
Second serve points won %	44	36
Break points saved %	57	50
Break points converted %	50	43
Service points won %	57	50
Return points won %	50	43
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Fabrice Santoro
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Dec 9, 1972
Age	23	24
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	18	90
Ranking points (entering)	1,494	519
Elo (entering)	1,824	1,715
Career W-L	415–277	456–432
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 1 – 1 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1997	QF	Christian Ruud	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1997	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	4-6 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1997	R64	Nuno Marques	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1997	F	Marcelo Rios	4-6 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1997	QF	Carlos Costa	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1997	R16	Sergi Bruguera	3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Thomas Muster	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1997	R64	Francisco Roig	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data