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Mariano Puerta #73 def. Richard Fromberg #30

6-2 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 15, 1998*
Tournament	San Marino
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	6-2 3-6 6-3
Loser	Richard Fromberg
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Richard Fromberg
Aces	1	15
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	66	59
First serve points won %	70	67
Second serve points won %	57	38
Break points saved %	25	38
Break points converted %	62	75
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Richard Fromberg
Country	ARG	AUS
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Apr 28, 1970
Age	19	28
Height	180	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	73	30
Ranking points (entering)	620	1,195
Elo (entering)	1,637	1,713
Career W-L	121–116	247–282
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$2,605,740

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 0 – 0 Richard Fromberg

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1998	QF	Mariano Zabaleta	4-6 6-3 4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1998	R16	Galo Blanco	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1998	R32	Lucas Arnold Ker	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1998	F	Dominik Hrbaty	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Richard Fromberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1998	QF	Vincenzo Santopadre	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1998	R16	Javier Sanchez	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1998	R32	Dinu Pescariu	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data